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LXXXII—THE FRUITS OF MYSORE. 
Mysore is a native state in Southern India, with Bangalore asthe 
com sear ters of the Government. It has an estimated area of 24,723 
square miles, and consists of an undulating table-land, much broken by - 
ranges of rocky hills, = scored by deep ravines. These latter - 
characteristics are due to the fact that it is situated in the angle w & 
the eastern and western Gháts — with the group of the Nílgiri : 
Bagh, or pude 
Nay of Kew, is one of the most attractive fextures of Bangalore. : 
Owing to the advantages of site and climate the Lal “Bagh l- 
capable of producing the vegetable gi Se ore of sub-tropical countries as 
remaining quarter of the year it is hot and dust i 
In continuation of the reports on tropical fruits which have didi e 
appeared in previous numbers of the Kew Bulletin, Mr. Cameron has — 
been good enough to communicate the following notes on the fruits of — — 
Mysore, but with more especial reference to those How in m a 
neighbourhood of Bangalore :— a 
ANONACE®. 
Anona muricata, the Sour Sop; A. Asbacgeks. the Caste’ De 
Apple or Bullock’s-heart ; and 4. sguamosa, the Swee re generally _ 
grown in Mysore. The Cherimoyer, Anona Cherimbli has been — 
sucessfully introduced to Southern India, but it has not yet been. d eau x: 
at Bangalore. se 
Ochrocarpus longifolius (Flora — Ind. vol Lp 270 
yields a fruit which deserves to be better known. 
. about an inch long, is obl ) ped by the hard 
. [Specimens of this fruit have lately bee it forwarded by si 
the Museum.] à 
: ostana, the celebrated Mang 
. Malayan cen oes not succeed i in the climate of 1 
Marvacex, 
Hibiscus Sa bdariffa, the M rede or oci, yidis from the 
ale nt ves an eie. acid j J cod. which ii is much used 
