978 History of Garden Vegetables, 
a. CALYX NOT SPINY. 
Belingela. Marcg., 1648, 24; Piso, 1658, 210. Pes 
Aubergine ronde de Chine. Decaisne & Naudin, Man., iv, 288, 
Black Pekin. Ferry, 1883; Hovey, 1866. 
6. CALYX SPINY. | 
_ Black Pekin. Greg., 1886; Thorb., 1886, 
III. The Zong. This varies much in size and proportion; 
the Chinese variety described by Kizo Tamari* as recently intro- 
duced into Japan belongs to this class. He says it is about onè 
inch in diameter by one foot and a half long. This form may 
be either straight or curved. 
; a. CALYX NOT SPINY, : 
~ Melantzana arabum melongena. Lugd., 1587, ii, apps 23 
Solanum pomiferum fructu incurvo. J. Bauhin, 1651, iii. 619} 
Chabr., 1673, 524; Pluk., Phyt., 1691, t. 226, p. 2. ean 
Aubergine violette longue. Decaisne & Naudin, Man, iv. 287. 
6. CALYX SPINY. 
Aubergine violette longue. Vilm., 1883, 24. 
IV. The Oblong, or Pear-Shaped. This form is a swollen frit 
with an elongation towards the summit, in some of its varieties 
shaped like the powder-horn gourd. 
a, CALYX NOT SPINY. 
Melantzana nigra. Lugd., 1587, ii., app. 23- 
Aubergine violette nain tres hative. Vilm., 1883, 26. 
Early Round Violet, Damman, 1884. 
; 6. CALYX SPINY. i 
Solanum pomiferum magnus fructu, etc. Pluk., Phyt, I A 
t. 226, p. 3. 
Melongena. Tourn., 1710, t. 65. 
American Large Purple. Burr, 1863, 609. 
We may note that the Arabic words melongena a 
giam were applied by Rauwolf to the long-frui 
* American Horticulturist, Sept. 1886, p. 10» 
