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that on comparing it with many specimens of the Indian plant, he could 

 not perceive any difference between them ; See Sp. PL IV. 7^3- and Dr, 

 Roxburgh, on comparing plants raised from Ewro/*^ hemp-seed with the 

 Gdnja plant, could not discover the shghtest difference between them.; not 

 even enough on which to found a variety. 



Capsicum Frutescens. (W.) Ldl Mirch H. 



^Murray, I. 733. 

 WOODVILLE, III. 391. 



Capsicum: A'nnuurt. <, 



The annual species of Capsicum is not a native of this- country, an(f 

 but rarely found in the gardens. The Capsicum frutescens y of which there 

 are several varieties, is cultivated in every part of India, on account of its 

 pods ; which affbrd tc^ the inhabitants a; condiment,, as necessary for theit*^ 

 rice and pulse diet, as salt itself. In respedl to the medifcal -^ses of this 

 j^eoies, they perfe6lly correspond with those of the Capsicum annuum, for 

 iwhich. see the authors above referred to. 



Carica Papaya. (W.) Papair/a H.(^) Rumph. JimK L Tab. 50. 51. 



This is not an indigenous tree oUndla, and consequently has no name 

 in the Sanscrit, language. It is a native of South-America and the West^ 

 Indies; whence it was brought, by the Spaniards znd Portuguese, to the 

 Philippines and Moluccas; and from these islands, being of very quick 

 growth, it spread rapidly to all the other countries of India. It has long 

 been cultivated in every quarter of Hindustan, and is in flower and fruit 

 during the greatest part of the year. The milky juice, that flows from the 

 fruit, when an incision is made into it, before it is quite ripe, is esteemed^ 

 by the inhabitants of the Isle of France and Bourbon y'sts the most powerful 



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