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Melon, Cucnmber, Pumpkin, Vegetable Marrow, Squash, Colo- 

 cynth, Snake Gourd, etc. (wMcli see). 



Gouty Stem Tree. (See Baobab.) 



Grains of Paradise, or Melegueta Pepper {Amomum 

 Melegueta), a plant of the Ginger family CZingiberace^), native 

 of Western tropical Africa. It throws up a reed-hke, herbaceous 

 stem, which produces a pod or capsule containing the seeds, to 

 wliich the above names are applied. They are carminative, 

 aromatic, and are used to give a false strength to beer and other 

 liquors. Grains of Paradise are also produced by other species 

 of the genus grown in India. 



Gram. {See Chick Pea.) 



Granadilla, the name given in the "West Indies to the fruits 

 of different species of Passifiorob, a genus of the Passion Flower 

 family (Passifloraceae), natives of the West Indies and tropical 

 America, P. quadrangularis has fruit of an oblong form, about 

 6 inches in diameter, some weighing 3 lbs. When ripe it is 

 of a greenish -yellow colour, and contains a soft pulp of a sweet 

 acid flavour, very grateful and cooling in a hot climate. F, edulis 

 is abundant in the West Indies. The fruit is of a light -blue 

 colour and oval, the size of an egg, and is of an agreeable and 

 cooling taste. P, laurifolia. — This produces an oval fruit of a 

 lemon colour, about the size of a peach or nectarine. It has a 

 soft skin, and is fuU of a watery pulp, which is very agreeable. 

 In the West Indies it is called the Water Lemon. P. mah- 

 formiSj a smaller fruit than the water lemon, but similar in 

 flavour, is called the Sweet Calabash. P. fo&ticla, Wild Water 

 Lemon, or West Indian Love in a Mist. The fruit of this is 

 about the size of a smaU. cherry ; the pulp is very dehcate, but 

 the smeU of the leaves is very unpleasant. Several other species 

 are esteemed in the West Indies for their fruits. P. quadmn- 

 gularis and P. edulis are grown for the sake of their fruits in 

 this coimtry. 



Grapes. (See Vine.) 



Grapple Plant (Har^pagophytiom pvcumiens), a prostrate 

 herbaceous plant of the Sesamum family (Pedalinese), native of 



