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RHAMNEZ. . 
Zizyphus Jujuba. Bhere fruit. The natives Pig ee to like 
this fruit, of Thich there are several varieties. These are distinguished ee 
by the shape of the fruit, which may be either globose or oblong. — | 
the Flora of British India, Vol. I. p. 633, it is stated that there are - 
shape and size of the leaves, as also in t nd nature of the fruit, 
of w the most remarkable is e s variety, Hysudricus 
(Journ. Linn, Soc., vi. ), with erect or spreading, not drooping, 
branches, obtuse, ovate, oblong, or orbieular tein glabrous, or slightly. 
tomentose beneath, and long petioles. This, according to Aitchison, is 
always raised by gra wo other var rivis: are described by Ed 
worth, viz., hortensis and spontaneus.] 
ÅMPELIDEÆ. 
Vitis vinifera. The Grape. There are about six varieties of 
the e vine under cultivation in Mysore, including the Black 
Hamburg, the White Frontignan, and the Auremgabad. The latter is- 
perhaps the best of all, but it is very liable to blight. The system of 
bush training practised in France has been successfully tried by a culti- 
vator some miles from a With suitable varieties, adapted to. 
the soil and climate, I se reason why India should not be able to 
grow her own wine, Ih recently written home for a alaan of the 
best hot-house varieties, for sia in the ica air, 
Vitis indica. is indigenous grape vine, with slender 
woolly stems. The fruit is obo, the | ‘is of a large currant, M tis. 
eaten ne by the bill tribes. 
Vi artini. Cochin China Vine. This isa a vine, a 
NA | introduced. [See Kew Bulletin, vol. ii., 1888, p. 34]. i 
SAPINDACEÆ, 
= No phelium Lit-chi. The Lit-chi. Although widely cultivated 2 
in India, this fruit is only found in a few gardens in the neighbourhood 
of Bangalore at present. It is an excellent fruit, and worthy of general 5s 
cultivation, 
Nephelium Longana. Although a native tree, it is also often 
cultivated, The fruit is reddish or purple, globose, i Hei inch in 
diameter, and, like the Lit-chi, it posseses a whole esome = 
: ANACARDIACER, 
Spondias mangifera. ae ae of Foropéans ú ud A C3 4 
the Hindoos. This is a drupaceous fruit 11-2 inches long, e E 
smooth; the flesh is austere, and on this account it is ra rely used as a 
The + Mango. This frit a India ms 
Bees qua rter val a y by the 
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