mrsoEB Ato oooiio. 15l 



Persian Grulf Ports, is muoli superipr in quality to 

 wliat is commonly grown in local gardens. In size, 

 the pomegranate varies from that of an apple to a 

 small pumelo. Technically, it is a large berry, 

 with numerous seeds unbedded separately in coloured 

 cellular tissue, the abundance and quality of which 

 regulate the nature of the fruit as a dessert product. 

 Wood small, but hard, fine-grained, and capable of 

 receiving a good polish. Gamble refers to it as a 

 possible substitute for box. Walking sticks are 

 populary made from it, and it forms excellent handles 

 for tools and instruments. The fruit, rind, seed, and 

 root-bark, are all medicinal products, while dyes and 

 tans are contained in the bark, and, perhaps more 

 intensely, in the green rind of the fruit. 



Cultivation. — To obtain good crops of fruit, this 

 tree must be highly cultivated in the best land under 

 irrigation. Seedlings are easily raised, and the dif- 

 ferent local varieties have been inarched to a small 

 extent. Plant at 8 feet ajiart, leaving the upper soil 

 as loose and porous as possible. The full crop of a 

 single tree is worth, on the average, Es. 2, so that 

 under proper management 50, trees should be worth 

 Ks. 100 per annum to the cultivator. It is the 

 favourite fruit of the Musalman, , 



XXXV. ONAGRACE^. 



305 Jussiaea suffruticosa, Linn. Kan. Kavakuia. 

 "Eig.—Bot. Plates Lal-Bagh Collection. 

 An undershrub of nallahs and marshes. The 

 whole plant is astringent. Reduced to powder, it is 

 popularly used by the villagers in cases of dysentery. 

 Very common. 



XXXVI. PASSIFLOREiE. 



306 Carica Papaya, Linn. Kan. Parangi mara. 



