FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 



products of Attica, and it is said that, with the view of increasing the 

 stock of Figs, their exportation was forbidden ; and hence those who, for 

 a reward, gave information of their being smuggled away were called 

 o-vKoffrdvrrjs. No such prohibition however existed during the period of 

 Attica of which we have trustworthy record, and the more probable 

 account (Boeckh) is that during some famine the sacred fig-trees were 

 robbed, and a fig itself being worthless, and the punishment for the 

 sacrilege severe, odium was attached to those who informed against the 

 thief. The word once stamped with their meanness, would only be too appli- 

 cable to a frequent trait of human nature ever* to fall out of circulation. 



Morus indica. Box. 



Linn. Syst. Monoecia Tetrandria. 



The compound fruit, used as a fruit. 



Vernacular. Tula, Sans. Toot, Beng. Hind. Dec. Coomblie, Tarn. 

 Rata-cembilla, Cey. Babesaran, Malaya. 



Habitat. India. 



Remarks. M. nigra, W. is the Common Mulberry of Europe ; M. 

 alba, W. the White Mulberry of China ; M. tartarica, W. the Tartarian 

 Mulberry ; and M. rubra, W. the Red Mulberry of the West Indies. 

 Between this and the next Indian order, the following edible species 

 deserve attention .- 



N. O. 201. ULMACE.E. 



Celtis australis, W. European Nettle tree, said by some of the 

 ancients to be the Lotus of the Lotophagi. 



Celtis occidentalis, W. American Nettle tree, Hackberry. 

 Celtis aculeata, of Carribee Islands. 

 N. 0. 212. CORYLACE^:. 



Castanea vesca, W. Common Chestnut. The Kao-rdvaiKov Kupvov of the 

 Greeks probably. 



Corylus Avellana, W. Common Hazel. The Batriai Kupvai of Hippo- 

 crates, rj f]paK\6(OTiKr) of Theophrastus according to Fraas ; Nux 

 pontica of Pliny. Filberts and Cobs are varieties. 



Vernacular. Filberts, Bundook, Arab. Sindook, Vulg. 

 Fagus ferruginea, W. American Beech. 



N. O. 215. JUGLANDACE^E. 



Can/a sulcata, W. "I Tr . , XT ^ 



Carya alba, W. / Hlc7wr y nuts of North Amer >. 



Gary a glabra, W. Hog nut of North America. 

 Carya olivceformis, W. Pekan nut of North America. 

 Juglans regia, W. Common Walnut. The Kapva Trepo-i^ of Theo- 

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