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upon this statement : however, that is a matter of taste. The 

 plant is an annual ; the seed is sown in the Bains, and the 

 vegetable is ready for use in the Cold season. 



Benincasa cerifera. 



PUMPKIN WHITE GOURD. 



Chdl Koomra Pdnee Koomra. 



A very large, handsome, egg-shaped Gourd, to appearance 

 covered with a pale greenish-white waxen bloom; whether 

 much eaten by Europeans I am unaware, but greatly consumed 

 by the natives. It has a very pleasing appearance upon the 

 thatched dwellings of the natives, where it may often be noticed 

 in the most exposed and unprotected situations. On inquiry 

 whether it was not liable very often to be stolen, I was assured 

 that other Gourds in a similar situation would likely enough be 

 stolen, but that there was an especial respect paid to this, upon 

 certain religious considerations, that rendered it perfectly safe. 



The plant is an annual. The seed is sown in the Kains, and 

 the vegetable is in use in the Cold season. 



;.. Lagenaria vulgaris. 



BOTTLE-GOURD FUKEER's BOTTLE. 



Laokee Kudoo. 



One of the commonest of the native vegetables, a moderate- 

 sized Gourd having the appearance of two oval Gourds united 

 endwise, or of an inflated bladder compressed by a cord around 

 it. Cultivated in all parts of India ; cut up into slices in the 

 manner of French Beans, it affords a palatable, but rather 

 insipid dish about the beginning of the Cold season. The plant 

 is an annual. 



Cucumis sativus. 



CUCUMBER. 



Keera. 



There appear to be two kinds of this vegetable, either domes- 

 ticated in this country or indigenous; but neither have the 

 delicacy or fine flavour of the European kinds. 



