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those of the preceding, but they are only mie curved, angular, the 
pulp whitish, of an exquisite taste and odour 
Akundru-makai-fahai (bananes jaunes or iere nes à régime court) : 
fruit medium yes Jalsa cylindrical, the skin and the pulp yellow, the 
latter firm and s 
Akudibd dart btwck (bananes malartic or bananes rouges): fruit 
straight, cylindrical, sometimes slightly cornered, the skin thin and of a 
colour when ripe, the pulp yellow-reddish, of a very sweet taste and 
odour. 
Bananes malartic vertes of the French. Fruits "a like those of 
the preceding, bà t they remain green also xm fully r 
ananes gigantesques de Chine. Fruit very foe, oblong, slightly 
curved and angular, the skin yellow EH very thick, the pulp yellow- 
reddish, somewhat firm, of a little acid taste 
xe dru-lambu of the Malgachees (banan es de Chine or bananier 
in) : stem very short and very stout, the leaves oval, larger and firmer 
cu those of the other mes e raceme often attains such an enor- 
mous size that one man not carry it, ruits yellow or green, 
slightly curved and ditis dip yellowish, of an exquisite taste and 
odou 
Akimieusdssn — banana) of the Malgachees (bananes gingeli of 
the French): fruit very small, straight, cylindrical, the skin thin, 
pine pep yellow, very sweet and of an agreeable odour. This kind 
most esteemed. 
poseer Ë Otahiti : fruit somewhat larger than that of the Me 
ceding, somewhat curved and angular, ms € enel or green an 
thick ; pulp yellowish and of an 
undru-foutsi of the eT o n usines blanches) > fruits 
middling sized, straight, cylindrical, the skin and pulp white, the latter 
of a mediocre taste. 
The banana mentioned above as the Chinese or dwarf banana (Af. 
Sa is a distinct species. This was introduced to England 
by way of Mauritius in 1827, and first grown in this country by 
Mr. Barclay at Burryhill. It was aaran distributed from England, 
as already mentioned, to the Islands of Polynesia. 
There is a sample of fibre in the Kew Museum from the Botanic 
Garden, Mauritius, sent by Mr. John Horne, F.L.S., 1870, marked M. 
violacea. 'This is probably a garden variety of M. acuminata (see p. 245), 
with the stem, fruit, and often the leaves beneath, more or less tinged 
with dn or purple. 
€ there are now tense "PROS éetablish there 
n be recognised as similar, if not identical, with ku. veriétión 
in xii ilio East Indies. On the other hand, some have doubtless developed 
under new bond tionl of soil and otithaité and under the ineidental varia- 
part are limited to three kinds. The true platano arton is the plantain 
used as vegetable, while the camburi and dominico are Pr sco of the 
banana with a sweet fruit, and eaten raw, e or Chinese 
banana (M. Cavendishit) has become very common of late years. ‘This 
was doubtless introduced direct from Mauritius ebur we have a first 
record of it after Cochin China) or by way of England. nad we 
exception of the latter it is probable that the edible dcuited banan 
plantains of the New World are all forms of M. sapientum. “The 
