Fruits of Cuba. Q27 
last circumstance it derives its common name. It con- 
tains one or two seeds. These are round, with a rusty 
coat, and a green meat, which is also of a rosy fragrance, 
but is said to be poisonous, or at least very unhealthy. 
The fruit is eaten when fresh, and though it is palata- 
ble, is regarded as being somewhat indigestible. When 
preserved it is quite nice, and as innocent as most Ns 
serves are. 
The fresh fruit I did not see ; "bát the tree and blos- 
soms I have often seen and admired. It is of the natu- 
ral order Myrtacee, and was formerly included under 
the genus Eugènia. The generic term Jambósa is de- 
rived from the word. Schambu, or Jambu, which is the 
Malay name for tlie fruit. | 
vena MAMMOSA. One of the. order of the Sapite: 
cee, and formerly an AcHmas. It goes by several 
names, among which are Sapote, Mann Sapote, 
Mamey Colorado, Bully-berry. 
The tree resembles others of the same order. The 
fruit is of a conical form, covered with a rough, thick, 
brown skin or rind; looking like the entire meat of a 
cocoa-nut, deprived of its husk and shell. The pulp is 
of a very dark orange or flame color, granular, rather 
soft, but not juicy, tasting like a pretty good common 
musk-melon. In the midst of the pulp is a long, boat- 
shaped seed or stone, sharply pointed at both ends, of 
a mahogany color and high polish, except where this 
color and polish is interrupted by the rough scar, which 
occupies about a third of the surface, from end to end. 
The whole size of the fruit is from three to six inches 
in length, and from two to three in thickness. Some- 
