. A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy . t of Sierra Leone,described by Dr. Afzelius to the African Society,grows on a lofty tree, and yields a quantity of finewhite juice, from which it obtains its name. Thefruits of the interior of Africa have been but littleexamined by Europeans; and their very names areunknown to us, with a few exceptions. They are,probably, of little worth. Of those that have notbeen found in any other quarter of the world, themost singular are the follovvins;:— The Akee—Blighia sapida. This is a native of Guinea, fr
. A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy . t of Sierra Leone,described by Dr. Afzelius to the African Society,grows on a lofty tree, and yields a quantity of finewhite juice, from which it obtains its name. Thefruits of the interior of Africa have been but littleexamined by Europeans; and their very names areunknown to us, with a few exceptions. They are,probably, of little worth. Of those that have notbeen found in any other quarter of the world, themost singular are the follovvins;:— The Akee—Blighia sapida. This is a native of Guinea, from whence it wascarried to Jamaica by Captain Bligh in 1793. Ithas grown well in the West Indies, and is theremuch esteemed as a fruit. It was iiitroduced intoEngland in 1793. The leaves of the akee are some-thing similar to those of the ash : the flowers aresmall and white, and are produced in branchedspikes. The fruit is oblong, ribbed, and compressedin the middle, of a dull oranj^e colour, and containsseveral large seeds, to the end of which is attached 2 K 3 374 VEGETABLE The Akee—{Blighia sapida). a rich and slightly acid arillus (the outer coat of aseed lightly attached to it), which is the part eaten. The Negro Peach, or Edible Peach. The tree on which the negro peach is produced isvery handsome, with lanceolate leaves, resemblingthose of the orange. The flowers are white, andgrow closely clustered in little round heads, likethose of the American button-wood, so common inshrubberies. The tree has flowered in the gardensof the Horticultural Society, but has not borne fruitin this country. The fruit is about the size of anordinarj peach, but very different in colour and qua-lities. Externally and internally it is brown, of vary-ing shades: its form is irregular, and the wholesurface covered with tubercles. About one-third ofthe diameter in the centre consists of a verv firm andsomewhat dry pulp, of a flavour resembling an that and the rind,
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