Sulanum Nielongena

SULANUM NIELONGENA. Linn. -Egg-plant.

Var. s. ovizerum, Dun. Var. S. longum, Rozb.

„ S. pseudoundatum, Bl. „ S. insanum,Li nn.

„ S. esculentum, Thle).

Badangan, . . . ARAB. Nils valuthana, DIALEAL. Kooli begoon, . . BEtsu. Valoothata, . . . „ Wangee, . . B03,111AT. Budanjan, . . l'Ens.

. . . Butt% Hingolee, Vartta, SaNsE. Niii-sin-kia (white Bong, variety), . . CHIN. Ilartakuo niahotee, „ Kia (purple fruited), „ Wangitu, . . . SIND.

Kia tsze, . . . . „ Wam batoo, . . . SINGH. Brinjal, Mad-apple, ENa. Kuthirikai, . . . TAM. Jew's apple, . • ,• Valuthrday vankai, „ ltaingnn,. . . . HIND. , Vanga, Chiri vanga, TEL. Mala insana, . . LAT. I ltletta vankai, . .

Trong, . . . AIALAY. 1 Niru vanga, . . „ Several varieties of this are everywhere culti vated in the E. Indies, Persia, and Arabia. The fruits large, ovoid, firm, innocent, and insipid. It is one of the most useful of Indian vegetables, and is used in culinary purposes in various ways.

The large Cape varieties are the best ; require good soil and abundance of wat..r. Mowers purple, and beva large, smooth, shining berries, which are the shape and size of a small hen:s egg. S. ovigerum has the stem, calyx, and leaves without thorns ; and in S. esculentum, these parts ate more or less covered w ith thorns. Several sub varieties of both these vary in the shape and colour of the fruit. The berries are white, yellow, red, purple, and black. The fruit of this plant, the oval-shaped white, the globular-shaped white, and the pur; le or violet coloured of both forms, are used in stews and sours. The natives of the Panjab regard this vegetable as hot and dry ; it is said to prevent sleep and produce un pleasant dreams, owing to vitiated bile. Leaves are said to be narcotie.—Roxb. ; Eng. Cyc.; (Jen. Med. Top.; Jaffrey; Riddell ;