104 Sketch of the Tropical Fruits likely to be worth 



less spreading crown. The fruit is as big as a common 

 Apple, with a thick yellow skin and a succulent pulp with 

 a pleasant vinous acid taste, and which stains the tongue 

 yellow. 



The third sort which he mentions has constantly five-lobed 

 leaves, but the fruit and flowers resemble the foregoing. The 

 former, when immature, is shining and of a yellowish green, 

 when ripe, of a Lemon colour, and when pressed by the 

 finger, dissolves with a crack. The fruit is not so good as 

 that of the other kinds. 



The fourth species which he describes is probably either 

 Passiflora alata or P. quadrangular is. 



The Achocbn of the Peruvians (Leonia glycycarpa), is a 

 large tree with alternate oblong, acuminate, coriaceous leaves 

 and yellow flowers, growing in loose panicles. The fruit is 

 the size of a Peach, rough, yellow, and filled with sweet, soft 

 pulp of the same colour. It is in much esteem among the 

 natives.* A figure of it may be found in the Flora Peruviana 

 of Ruiz and Pavon, Vol. iii. plate 222. 



Queule, or Keule ( Gomortega nitida), is a large evergreen 

 tree, and not uncommon in the woods of Chili. The fruit is 

 the size of a small Peach, and like it consists of a fleshy sub- 

 stance enveloping a stone. The eatable part is yellow, not 

 very juicy, but of a most excellent and grateful taste. f The 

 fruit is represented in the Prodromus of the Flora Peruvi- 

 ana, plate 10. 



The following are also known, and occasionally employed 

 as fruits for the dessert ; they appear however to be of little 

 importance, and not deserving a particular description; 



* Flora Peruviana, Vol. iii. page G9. f Florae Peruviana? systema, page 1 09. 



