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3 three varieties, and the purple and white colors. In India, 
Carey? says, there are several varieties in constant cultivation 
_ by the natives, such as green, white, purple, yellow, etc. Fir- 
z minger? describes purple-, black-, and white-fruited forms; and 
q Speede3 names the purple and white in six varieties. In Cochin 
China, Loureiro describes five sorts, purple, white, and variegated. 
_ There are two sorts of plants to be recognized,—(a) the one 
4 with the stems, leaves, and calyxes unarmed, or nearly so; 
(6) the other with the stems, leaves, and calyxes more or less 
 aculeate. 
_ 4 The first sort is figured by Fuchsius (1542), and by suc- 
_ Steding authors up to the present date. 
___ 4 The second sort is first noticed, so far as I can ascertain, day 
© Camerarius in 1 588, and has continued to the present time. 
4 The varieties now grown in American gardens can be divided 
_ Very readily into four types,—the oval, the round, the long, and 
Ì the oe or pear-shape,—and the following synonymy can be 
_ established 
I The Oval This, at present, includes but ornamental sorts, 
_ and our present forms show a marked improvement in evenness 
and regularity over the older forms. 
æ. CALYX NOT SPINY. 
Mala insana. Fuch., 1542, 513; Roszlin, 1550, 117; Tragus, 
1552, 894; Pinæus, 1561, 514; Ger., 1597, 274; Swertius, 1612; 
20, p. 1; Dod., 1616, 458. 
Melangena sive mala insana vel melanzana. Lob. Obs, 1576, 
8. 
Sanum pomi 
a Melongena arabum. Chabr., 1673, 524. 
A ne blanche. Vilm., 1883, 27. 
&. CALYX SPINY. 
| pad. sm pallido. Hort. Eyst. 1713; Aut. Ord., i. 
; also 
Bae Pane N. Y. Sta., 1886. 
* Carey, Hort. Beng., 16. 2 Firminger, Gard. in India, 155. 
*Speede, Indian Handb, of Gard., 177. | 
