542 STURTEVANT S NOTES ON EDIBLE PLANTS 



green, white, purple, yellow. Firminger ' describes purple-, black- and white-fruited 

 forms; and Speede ' names the purple and white in six varieties. In Cochin China, Lou- 

 reiro describes five sorts: purple, white, and variegated. 



There are two sorts of plants to be recognized: (a) The one with the stems, leaves 

 and calyxes imarmed, or nearly so. (b) The other with the stems, leaves and calyxes 

 more or less aculeate. The first sort is figured by Fuchsius, 1542, and by succeeding 

 authors up to the present date. The second sort is first noticed by Camerarius, 1588, 

 and has continued to the present time. 



The varieties now grown in American gardens can be divided very readily into four 

 types, the oval, round, long and the oblong or pear-shaped. The following synonymy 

 can be established: 



I. 

 The Oval. 



This, at present, includes but ornamental sorts, and present forms show a marked 

 improvement in evenness and regularity over the older forms. 

 Calyx not spiny. 



Mala insana. Fuch. 513. 1542; Roeszl. 117. 1550; Tragus 894. 1552; Pineaus 

 514. 1561; Ger. 274. 1597; Sweert. t. 20, p. i. 1612; Dod. 458. 1616. 



Melongena sive mala insana vel melanzana. Lob. Obs. 138. 1576; Icon, i, 268. 1591. 



Melongena, seu mala insana. Cam. Epit. 820. 1586. 



Melongena. Matth. Opera. 760. 1598. 



Melanzane. Dur. C. 279. 1617. 



Solatium pomiferum fructu rotunda. Bauh. J. 3:618. 1651. 



Melongena arabum. Chabr. 524. 1673. 



Aubergine blanche. Vilm. 27. 1883. 

 Calyx spiny. 



Melanzana fructu pallido. Hort. Eyst. 1713; i4M/. Ord. 1:3; also ib. ; 1613. 



White Egg- Plant. N. Y. Sta. 1886. 



II. 



The Round. 

 Calyx not spiny. 



Belingela. Marcg. 24. 1648; Piso. 210. 1658. 



Aubergine rcnde de Chine. Decaisne and Naudin. Man. 4:288. 



Black Pekin. Ferry. i883;Hovey. 1866. 

 Calyx spiny. 



Black Pekin. Greg. 1886; Thorb. 1886. 



III. 



The Long. 



This type varies much in size and proportion, if the Chinese variety described by Kizo 



Tamari ' as recently introduced into Japan belongs to this class. He says it is about 



one inch in diameter by one foot and a half long. This form may be either straight or 



curved. 



' Firminger, T. A. C. Card. Ind. 155. 1874. 

 ' Speede Ind. Handb. Card. 177. 1842. 

 Mmer. Hort. 10. 1886. 



