R. T. LOWE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES OE MADEIRA, ETC. 167 



May ; and the vintage takes place in September in the sonth of 

 Madeira, and in October in the north. 



The vines are trained on low trellises of cane-work, formed of 

 the Arundo Donax L., to which they are tied by bands of rushes, 

 sedge, or banana-sheaths. In the best wine-districts of the south 

 these trellises are only from 2 to 3 or 4 feet above the ground. 

 In the north of the island the vines are mostly trained up trees 

 of several kinds, which are called Balseiros. 



For some account of the sorts chiefly cultivated, &c, see Manual 

 Flora of Madeira, pp. 81-83. 



Sapindace^e. 



22. Dimocarptts Litchi "Willd.— The Lee-cliee. Cultivated in 

 a few gardens at Funchal in Madeira only. 



Akacardiace^ (TerebintJiacece auct.). 



23. Mangieera indica L. Mango-trees are now become 

 common in Madeira, and produce fruit abundantly when they 

 have once come into bearing, which is not till they are 10 years 

 old or more. The oval or roundish-oval yellow fruit (ripe in 

 Sept. or Oct.) abounds in rich juice like a nectarine, but has 

 always somewhat more or less of a resinous or carrot-like flavour. 

 The flowers are fragrant like minionette (Beseda odorata L.) . The 

 Mango is scarcely ever seen in the Canaries, and but rarely in 

 the Cape Yerdes. 



24. Anacardiuh occidentale L. — The Cashew-nut. This 

 does not grow in either the Canaries or Madeira. But in the 

 Cape Yerdes, especially in Fogo, where it is called by its French 

 name "Acajou" (of which Cashew is doubtless a corruption) and 

 is said to produce plentifully its reported " yellow, sweet, and very 

 good" fruit in summer, I saw several fine tall trees, conspicuous 

 for their pyramidal shape and handsome evergreen thick foliage. 

 The flowers appear in March. 



25. Spondias dubia Rich. Only in the Cape Yerdes, and 

 chiefly in St. Iago and Fogo ; called "Manipo." A rather large 

 deciduous tree, coming into leaf in March and producing its 

 •'acid" fruit in summer. Leaves pinnate, red or flame-colour 

 when young. It is the Ailantlms of Chr. Smith ; Sumach of 

 Brunner. 



LEGTTM.rNOS^!. 



26. Ltjpintts Termis Forsk. This lupine is extensively culti- 

 vated both as a vineyard and field-crop in Madeira, and even more 



