Chapter PANICALE to PAPAYA of P by The Hobson Jobson Dictionary

97; [Hak. Soc. ii. 35].

c. 1630.—“… Pappaes, Cocoes, and Plantains, all sweet and delicious. …”—Sir T. Herbert, ed. 1665, p.-350.

c. 1635.—

“The Palma Christi and the fair Papaw
Now but a seed (preventing Nature’s Law)
In half the circle of the hasty year,
Project a shade, and lovely fruits do wear.”

Waller, Battle of the Summer Islands.

1658.—“Utraque Pinoguaçu (mas. et fœmina), Mamoeira Lusitanis dicta, vulgò Papay, cujus fructum Mamam vocant a figura, quia mammae instar pendet in arbore … carne lutea instar melonum, sed sapore ignobiliori.…”—Gul. Pisonis … de Indiae utriusque Re Naturali et Medicâ, Libri xiv. 159–160.

1673.—“Here the flourishing Papaw (in Taste like our Melons, and as big, but growing on a Tree leaf’d like our Fig- tree.…”—Fryer, 19.

1705.—“Il y a aussi des ananas, des Papées. …”—Luillier, 33.

1764.—

“Thy temples shaded by the tremulous palm,
Or quick papaw, whose top is necklaced round
With numerous rows of particoloured fruit.”

Grainger, Sugar Cane, iv.

[1773.—“Paw Paw. This tree rises to 20 feet, sometimes single, at other times it is divided into several bodies.”—Ives, 480.]

1878.—“… the rank popeyas clustering beneath their coronal of stately leaves.”—Ph. Robinson, In My Indian Garden, 50.

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