E. T. LOWE — FETJITS AND VEGETABLES OF MABEIEA, ETC. 179 



Calabash- tree grew formerly and maybe still growing in the Deanery 

 garden near Eunchal in Madeira, producing occasionally flowers 

 but not fruit ; but I never met with it in either the Canaries or 

 Cape Verdes. 



118. C. Cujete L. Dr. Schmidt in his i Cape Verde Elora 1 

 speaks of this as growing " in locis lapidosis prope Ribeiram 

 grandem ins. Sti. Antonii ;" but it escaped my observation, though 

 I heard of some such plant in the garden of Sr. Jansenio de 

 Mello at the Chao d'Arroz in the Eibeira da Torre close to Jlib. 

 Grande, which was very probably that seen by Schmidt. 



Laeiatace^i. 



119. Octmtim Basilicum L. and 



120. O. minimum L. are both much cultivated in baskets, pots, 

 or boxes about houses in all the islands for nosegays and culinary 

 purposes. 



121. Oeiganem Maejoeana L. (Marjoram), 



122. Thymus velgaeis L. {Thyme) and 



123. Rosmaeines officinalis L. (Rosemary) are cultivated in 

 most of the islands as in England, — the two first as pot-herbs. 



121. Maeeebium velgaee L., found wild iu Madeira and 

 the Canaries, has been also introduced into the gardens of Brava, 

 one of the Cape Verdes. 



Polygonace^e. 



125. Eumex maeeeensis Lowe. I advert to this common Ma- 

 deiran and Canarian plant merely for the sake of pointing out 

 that its leaves afford a much better Sorrel than the usual garden 

 sorts (B. Acetosa L. and JR. liispanicus Koch) generally cultivated 

 for that purpose. 



LAUEACEJ3. 



126. Peesea geatissima Gj-artn. Several trees of this, the 

 Avocado or Alligator Pear, occur in gardens in and about Eunchal 

 in Madeira, producing occasionally ripe fruit ; but they are by no 

 means sufficiently common to warrant Dr. Grisebach's statement 

 (' W. I. Elora,' p. 280), "naturalized in Madeira." I have also 

 seen the tree occasionally in the Canaries (Tenerife and Palma), 

 but never in the Cape Verdes. 



EuEHOEBIACEiE. 



127. Cuecasia peegans Medic. (Jatbopha ceecas L.). The 



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