
1890.] History of Garden Vegetables. 35 
Okra, ocra, or gombo, in India ochro and gobbo” is called in 
France gombo, gombaud, ketmie comestible, calalon, quiabo, guin- 
gombo, okra; in Italy, ibisco; in Spain, gombo;* in Greece, 
vamies;* in Brazil, guingombo, quiabo; in the Mauritius, 
lalo ;® in Curaçoa, gigambo.™ ` 
In Arabic, damyeh toneyly, ie., bamia with long fruit,” bamia, 
bamia schami, bamia stambouli, rumi ;® in Angola, guillobo ;® 
in Bengali, ramturay, dhenroos ;® in Burma, yung-ma-dae ;“ in 
Central Africa, dameea ;"™ in Congo, guingombo or quigombo ,;® 
in Egypt, damia,“ chama ;” in Hindustani, ram-turai, bhinde ;» 
in India, dhenroos, ramturee, bhindee ;* in Malabar, vendah ;™ 
in Nubia, djyoundou ;* in Persia, damiyah;* in Tamil, venda, 
venday ; in Telegu, benda.” 
OLLUCO. Ullucus tuberosus Lozano. 
Although Vilmorin says the culture of this plant has not given 
good results in France, yet he includes itin his book on vege- 
tables. It was brought into French culture in 1848 by the Min- 
ister of Agriculture.“ It is cultivated in the Andes of Peru, 
Bolivia and New Granada, Chili and Mexico.” The tubers are 
yellow, very smooth, starchy, and are developed on runners pro- 
ceeding from the base of the stem. Lieut. Herndon,” who ate 
them in Peru, pronounced them more glutinous than the oca and 
not so pleasant to the taste. 
The olluco is called at Quito ulluco or melloco;® in Peru, 
ulluca ;* in the Andes of Peru and Bolivia, oca quina ;* in Chili, 
melloes and ulloco ; in Mexico, papa lissa. 
Acosta,” in speaking of the food plants of Colao, Peru, where 
the climate is cold and dry, says, “The Indians use an other 
£ Firminger. Gard. in Ind., 141. 52 Gard. Chron., 1882, Oct. 7, 458. 
43 Vilmorin. Les Pl. Pot., 242. 58 Speede. Ind. Handb. of Gard., 1842, 180. 
44 Pickering. Ch. Hist., 274. 54 Decaisne & Naudin. Man., IV., 106. 
45 St. Hilaire. Fl. Bras. Merid. 55 Heuze. Les Pl. Alim., II., 545. 
4 Bojer. Hort. Maurit., 30. 56 Herndon. Amazon, 52. 
41 Delile. Fl. Æg. Il. - 51 Gard. Chron., 1848, 828, 862. 
48 Forskal. Fl. Æg. Arab., c. XVII., 125. 58 Don. Gard. and Bot. Dict. 
4# Piso. De Ind., 1658, 211; Marcg. Bras., ig 31: Treas of 
50 Drury. lic. of Ind., r. Acosta. Hist. of the Ind., 1604, 259- 
51 Pharmacographia, 
