ISO GARDEN PLANTS. PART II. 



about four inches long, and about half as broad as long, with a 

 very thick rind. It ripens of a pale yellow, the tip and stout 

 stalk remaining of a bright green. This fruit, unlike the 

 Chumpa, remains firm and tight on the bunch when fully ripe. 



5. Kuntela. This is a very inferior fruit, of pithy consistency 

 and insipid flavour, though the one cultivated the most exten- 

 sively of all, and sold in great quantities in the bazars. The 

 cause of the very great demand there exists for this particular 

 kind among the natives is on account of its being employed in 

 offerings to Seeva, being the only sort, too, they think right to 

 use for that purpose. The inferiority of its flavour as a fruit, 

 moreover, is of little concern to them, as it is principally in its 

 immature state for cooking in curries that the Plantain is con- 

 sumed. The head of the flowers, likewise, before the sheath in 

 which they are enclosed expands, is often cut off, being es- 

 teemed a most delicate vegetable. The plant is distinguished 

 by the pure rich green of the leaves and footstalks, darker than 

 that of the Kutch Kela. It grows to a great height. The fruit 

 resembles in appearance the Martaban. 



6. Kutch Kela : a fruit of great size, used only in its unripe 

 state by the natives for their curries. When boiled it has 

 somewhat of the flavour of the Parsnip, and is a nice vegetable 

 to eat with roast meat. 



The plant is known by the pervading rich yellowish green of 

 the leaves, being quite devoid of any tinge of red. 



7. Mahlrltliog, or Mdhun-Hhog, is to my thinking a fruit not 

 much superior to the Kuntela, which it somewhat^ resembles, 

 though in very high estimation with some. 



Musa rubra. 

 Earn Kela. 



When in good condition a remarkably fine fruit, much re- 

 sembling in flavour and buttery consistency the Daccae. 



The plant is unrnistakeable at a glance, having its stem and 

 footstalks and midribs of the leaves of a dull red colour. The 

 flowers are also of the same colour. 



The fruit, which is about seven inches long and rather thin, 

 at first of a very dark red, ripens of a yellowish red. This kind 

 is not very common. 



