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ST. HELENA . 
uncultivated and common. Alt. 3 to 4. Grows to a tree about 
forty to fifty feet in height, and bears a bright red fruit, shaped 
like a date. It is very acid, but being of a pleasant flavour is 
eaten by children, &c. Seeds abundantly. — Hab. S. Africa. 
Mangifera, Linn. 
151. M. indiea, Linn. — Three kinds of Mango grow in St. Helena 
at low altitudes, C. "8 to 1 '4, and bear fruit to perfection. The Yellow 
East Indian Mango (of which there is a tree at Maldivia Gardens 
which has borne fruit since 1827, and whose branches extend over an 
area forty feet in diameter), bears fruit abundantly, and is con- 
sidered by travellers and others capable of judging to be equal 
in flavour to any Mangoes in the world. I cannot help here remark- 
ing on the absurdity of importing these and other Tropical fruits 
into England, where they are no more like the real fruit than a 
turnip is like a peach. There can be no doubt that a Tropical fruit 
must be eaten in a Tropical country, if its characteristics are to be 
appreciated and enjoyed, and the endeavour in the present day to 
place these fruits on the English dinner-table is a failure as well as 
an injustice to the natural production itself. 
There is also in St. Helena the large Green Mango, which is nearly 
as good as the Yellow ; and also a small bastard kind growing at 
The Briars, which is not eatable. The Mango is not one of the most 
abundant fruits, as there are scarcely more than half a dozen trees 
in the Island, but they bear abundantly in the months of March and 
April, and the seeds germinate readily. Bot. Mag. 4510. — Hab. E. 
Indies. 
Pistacia, Linn. 
152. P. Ter ebin thus, Linn. — Cypress Turpentine tree; recently 
introduced from the Iioyal Gardens at Kew. — Hab. Mediterranean 
region. 
Bhus, Linn. 
153. R. sp. ? — Called Wild Mango; one tree only growing at 
The Briars. 
154. R. sp. P — A small Sumach plant, recently introduced from 
Kew to Plantation Gardens. 
