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according to Dr. Yoigt, in 1794. These had not flowered up to 

 1814, whence Dr. Koxburgh came to the conclusion that "the 

 winters of Bengal were too cold for them." They, however, now 

 both blossom and bear fruit regularly, yielding abundance of 

 seed, from which young plants are raised. 



Artocarpus Lacoocha. 



MONKEY-JACK. 



Dephul 



A tree of moderate size, native of Bengal, with handsome 

 oblong, entire, dark-green leaves, about eight inches long and 

 four broad. In the Kains it produces an ill-shapen fruit of the 

 size of an Orange, with a smoothish rind of the colour of dirty 

 wash-leather. It is of an austere taste, but it is sometimes 

 eaten ; and I have moreover met with those who said they liked 

 it, a fact that I could otherwise have hardly credited. 



EUPHOKBIACE^. 



Emblica officinalis. 



Amid. 



A small, rather handsome tree, with graceful foliage ; native 

 of India : admitted sometimes into gardens for the small round 

 green fruit it produces in the Cold season, which, though exceed- 

 ingly acid, and quite uneatable raw, is made use of for either 

 pickles or preserves. 



Gicca disticha. 



OTAHEITE GOOSEBEEKY. 



Nuree Nurphul. 



A small tree, native of India, with light graceful foliage : yields 

 a white fruit, in size and form resembling a large round ribbed 

 button, with a hard stone in the centre. The fruit is commonly 

 used by the natives for pickling. It has a sour, sorrel-like 

 flavour, and is unfit to be eaten raw ; but cooked with sugar it 

 makes a most delicious compote, hardly to be distinguished from 



