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Oiirus.] xxxiir. RUTACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) 615 



•t^* ?' -''^'^^"^^/ leaflet ovate, petiole margined or winged^ fruit middle-sized 

 ovoid jellow mamillate, rind thin, pulp abundant acid. Brandts, Ic, 52. C. Auran- 

 tim var. Limonum, FT. <& A. Prodr, 98. C. Limonum, ff^aU. Cat, 6389 ; Balz. & 

 inbs.BomK M. Suppl. 13. C. medica, Willd. according to Roxhurgh Fl Ind, iii. 392. 

 *^lne Lemon. 



VAR. 3. acida; leaflet ellir^tic- oblong^ petiole many-times shorter than the leaflet 

 ] i!f ^^ obovafe, racemes short, flowers small, petals usually 4, fruit usually small 

 globose or ovoid, with a thick or thin rind, ptilp pale sharply acid. Brandts, l.c, 52. 

 ^•^^^^Roxb, FL Ind. iii. 390 (who includes under this the varieties, if not species, • 

 ot bour Limes and Lemons found in India). The large fruited states of this appear to 

 ^A™e the form of the Citron, and the small to approach the W. Indian Lime, * 

 wMch IB, however, described as a bush with white flowers.— The Sour Lime of India. ■ 

 ri ^^+r^" ^^^^^^^^' leaves and flowers as in van acidaj fruit globose 3-5 in. diara., 

 nndthin smooth, juice abundant sweet not aromatic, Brandts, I.e. 52, C. Aurantium 

 wg Linietta and Lumia, W. S A. Prodr. 98. C. Limetta, Bisso; Bah. & Gibs, 

 ^mb. JiL Snppl 13 ; Wight Ic. t. 958 ; Wall. Cat. 6385.— This includes 2 of Wight 

 « Arnott s varieties, viz., (l) C. Limetta, Risso (Sweet Lime), with winged or margined 

 *; .^|68, small wliite flowers, globose or ovoid mamillate fruit, and a rind with concave 

 ^es^es.^ C.Limetta, DC. ; Wall. Cat. 6385. C. Limonellus, Wall. Cat. 6386? (2) 

 • ^wia, Eisso (Sweet Lemon), with a simply margined petiole, flowers tinged with 

 sav ^y^'^'^l'^^i^J? fruit with a long mamilla, and rind with convex vesicles. — Wight 



fi» f T ^ ^^® ^' Limetta is certainly indigenous at Kolagbeiy in the Nilghiris. — The 

 , ^^^ I^ime of India. 



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Aurantium, Linn. ; arboreous rarely shrubby, young sboots 

 6^ orous greenish white, leaflet elliptic or ovate acute obtuse or acumi- 

 oc^'^ Pf.^iole often broadly winged, flowers pure white bisexual, fruit globose 

 generally oblate not mamillate. , 



ot valleys along the foot of the Himalaya, from Garwhal eastwards to Sikkim, and 

 "'"^eiiHASiAMxa. 



liiavTf 4^.^^.^'^ *^®®» flowering in the raius, and fruiting after them, growing where 

 its Kp{ ^'^^^^it in the very bottoms of valleys, and where it did not occur to me to doubt 



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Var ^\^^f ^^^ ^^^ principal cultivated varieties: — 

 imn//- rr^''^^^ium proper ; petiole naked or winf^ed, pulp sweet yellow rarely red. 

 ^ W)i ^^- ^3. C. Aurantium, L.; Roxh Fl Ind. iii. 392 ; W.d: A. Prodr., 



^AR 9 2?^* ^^^^ 5 ^^^^- * ^^^^' -^^"^*- ^^' ^^l^P^- ^2" —^^^ ^"^'^^^ Orange. 

 rind vp' -^^ff^^^dia; petiole usually winged, flowers larger and more strongly scented^ 



97- ir%*!^™^*^^» P"lp ^>itter. Brandts, I.e. 53. C. vulgaris, Bisso; W.^dc A. Prodr. 

 ^'on V ■ T*^*' ^^^^ ' ^*- ^^- *• ^^'^' ^' buxifolia, Poir.— Wight & Arnott c'escribe 

 ^^nvex ^Tk^® ^^ concave, in contradistinction to C Aurantium, in which they are 

 llienw* ^"'^^^'*iety does not seem to be cultivated in India, except in gardens.— 



Var f % Seville Orange. 

 rind 81^ I '"^^"^'^Z flowers small very sweet-scented, fruit globose or pynform, 

 ^^rantii P^'^-yellow, pulp acidulous with pleasant aroma. Brandts, Ic. 54. C. 

 Barely ri'-^'^''- ^^^^gamia, W. <& A. Prodr. 98. C. Limetta van, DC Prodr. i. 539. 

 i ^^tivated in India.— The Bergamotte Orange. 



elliptj^' ^fystrix, ^^- Prodr. i. 539 ; young slioots glabrous, leaflet ovate 

 flowers '^^ ^^^<^eolate equalling or smaller than the very broad petiole, 

 S^in ^aU white, fruit globose or obovoid. Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 



latiS,^^rV P*- 2, p. 70. Citrus Papeda, MicL Fl. Ind. Bat.}, pt. 2, 530. 



■ Faneda Rumnhii. Cat. Hort. 



L affi^' ^"^k,/. i'TIioms. Herb. Ind. 6 

 Tt' . •^^«'WM. Herb. Amboin. ii t. 26. 





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