BOMURRA CAMMERRAL. 
man with his first intimation that it was " good 
for food/' 
To the future we must leave, whether the 
Bo-mur-ra Cam-mer-ral, as the natives pro- 
nounce the name of this fruit, is or is not, in 
reaHty, the Apple Fruit of a Potatoe, or some 
correspondent edible root. 
At present, we can only add, from the 
slight information received, that the size of the 
manifest fruit is about that ot an Apricot, but 
perfediiy round; that, when ripe, it is not 
very unlike a Nectarine, in colour, odour, and 
flavour; that the seed, which is oblong, and 
of a reddish browai colour, is nearly the size 
of Hemp Seed, and is regularly deposited 
in circular cells approaching the top of tlie 
fruit, from whence proceed two rows of simi- 
lar seeds, uniting and forming angles at the 
centre of the circular cells, and having all toge- 
ther, somewhat of the general appearance of 
the inside of the Pomegranate ; and, that the 
natives, who eat the fruit when ripe, and are 
very fond of it, say that it is unfit to be eaten, 
and even dangerous, till it is quite ripe. 
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