It. T. LOWE - -FRUITS AiiD VEGETABLES OF MADEIRA, ETC. 1G5 



abundant in Madeira, some of the Canaries (Gromera, Palma) and 

 Cape Verdes (St. Antao, St. Iago, Brava). 



17. C. Limoktum L. a, the Lemon, very fine and abundant, 

 especially in Madeira, where it is called Limao, but in the Cape 

 Verdes Limao or Lima Erancesa ; (3, the Sweet Lemon, very fine 

 and highly esteemed in the Cape Verdes, less abundant in Madeira, 

 called Limao Doce ; y, the Lime or Lima de Gallinha, very rare 

 in Madeira, abundant and most valuable (combined either with 

 Quinine or Brandy) in the Cape Verdes. In the Canaries these 

 all occur, but much more rarely. 



18. C. Atjrantiitm L. a, the Orange, or Laranja, Port., JVa- 

 ranja, Span., abundant but not remarkable for size or goodness 

 in Madeira or the Canaries. In the Cape Verdes, those of St. 

 Iago and St. Antao, especially the former, are by some affirmed 

 to be the finest in the world. (3, the Seville or Litter Orange, La- 

 ranja Azeda, Port., abounds in each of the three groups. It is 

 chiefly used, at least in the Cape Verdes, medicinally. 



19. C. nobilis Lour, fi, the Tangerine, abundant in Madeira ? 

 rare in the Canaries and Cape Verdes. The finest fruits are pro- 

 duced in Madeira by grafting on the common Orange. 



OLACLNACEiE. 



20. Ximenia Americana L. Occasionally in the Cape Verdes 

 only. In Eogo it is called " Ameixieira" and mistaken for the 

 common European Plum {Primus domestica L.). The fruit 

 (" Ameixa") is yellow, of the size, shape, and aspect of a common 

 damson plum, and is said to be sweet and palatable. 



Ampeledacejs. 



21. Vitis yltstfera L. The vine is now again resuming in 

 Madeira its proper place; and in the north of the island, 

 especially at Porto Moniz and Seixal, the ravages of the Oidium 

 are being fast repaired. In the south it will be longer before the 

 culture of the grape again supplants that of the deleterious 

 sugar-cane, and restores alike to the Madeiran wines and climate 

 their just character ; for the atmosphere, both physical and 

 moral, of Madeira, especially in Punchal and its neighbourhood, 

 has not suffered less deterioration during the last ten or fifteen 

 years from the introduction of sugar-cultivation, with its usual 

 train of fever-mi asmata, malaria, and cheap spirits, than the wines 

 of the island have degenerated, in consequence of the temptation 

 to supply the deficiency of genuine grape-juice by the substitution 



