392 POLYADELPHIA ICOSANDRIA,. Citrus. 
seven inches in circumference ; small, with a thin skin, ofa 
light lively yellow colour; juice pale, and acid. 
7th. Taba-Neboo. A small, ramous, very thorny tree, with 
the petioles winged. Fruit nearly round ; skin thick,spongy 
like the citron, pretty smooth, from twelve to eighteen inches 
in circumference ; it ripens in November, and contains several 
ounces of very acid juice. 
8th. Arabian Lime from Muscat, The trees are young, 
and have not attained their full growth. Fruit nearly sphe- — 
rical, about the size of a small shaddock; shin thick, and 
spongy, like the citron, and externally very uneven. 
9th. Meetha Lemoo, 7. e, sweet lime. A small, very ra- 
mous, well armed tree. #ruit round, very smooth and thin- 
skinned, in general about the size of asmall orange ; juice in- 
sipidly sweet. : 
2. C. medica, Willd. iii, 1426. 
Petioles linear; leaves ovate, acuminate. 
Beng. Lemoo or Nemoo, 
Lemon tree, 
On the continent of India, it is found.i in gardens, where it 
blossoms most plentifully during the hot season, and the frait 
ripens about the close of the rains. 
The citron (Sans, Beeja-poora, Arab, Utrej, Pers, Turcre, 
Hind. Bejoura) is likewise found common in gardens, where 
it blossoms, and bears fruit abundantly the whole year. 
There are now, besides the large rough-skinned common ci- 
trons, three varieties or species in the Botanic garden reared 
above twelve months ago, from seed from the Garrow hills . 
where they are found indigenous in the forests. 
3. C. Aurantium, Willd. iii. 1427. 
Petioles winged. Leaves acuminate. — 
Sans, Nagarunga, . 
Arab. Naravnj. meatyietey if wi eee? 
Beng. Kumla-neboo, ee ae 
