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Melon, Cucumber, Pumpkin, Vegetable Marrow, Squasli, Colo- 

 cynth, Snake Gourd, etc. (which see). 



Gouty Stem Tree. {See Baobab.) 



Grains of Paradise, or Melegueta Pepper {Amomum 

 Melegucta), a plant of the Ginger family (Zingiberacese), native 

 of Western tropical Africa. It throws up a reed-like, herbaceous 

 stem, which produces a pod or capsule containing the seeds, to 

 which the above names are applied. They are carminative, 

 aromatic, and are used to give a false strength to beer and other 

 liquors. Grains of Paradise are also produced by other species 

 of the genus grown in India. 



Gram. {See Chick Pea.) 



GranadiUa, the name given in the West Indies to the fruits 

 of different species of Passiflora, a genus of the Passion Flower 

 family (Passifloracese), natives of the West Indies and tropical 

 America. P. quadrangulaTis has fruit of an oblong form, about 

 6 inches in diameter, some weighing 3 lbs. When ripe it is 

 of a greenish -yellow colour, and contains a soft pulp of a sweet 

 acid flavour, very grateful and cooling in a hot climate. P. echdis 

 is abundant m the West Indies. The fruit is of a light -blue 

 colour and oval, the size of an egg, and is of an agreeable and 

 cooling taste. P. laurifolia. — This produces an oval fruit of a 

 lemon colour, about the size of a peach or nectarine. It has a 

 soft skin, and is full of a watery pulp, which is very agreeable. 

 In the West Indies it is called the Water Lemon. P. mali- 

 formis, a smaller fruit than the water lemon, but similar in 

 flavour, is called the Sweet Calabash. P. fceticla, Wild Water 

 Lemon, or West Indian Love in a Mist. The fruit of this is 

 about the size of a small cherry ; the pulp is very delicate, but 

 the smell of the leaves is very unpleasant. Several other species 

 are esteemed in the West Indies for their fruits. P. quadran- 

 gular is and P. edidis are grown for the sake of their fruits in 

 this country. 



Grapes. (See Vine.) 



Grapple Plant (Harpagophytum procumhens), a prostrate 

 herbaceous plant of the Sesamum family (Pedalinese), native of 



