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brought on by excess in eating ; or by undigestible articles of diet. 

 The fruits are first rubbed over a stone, or their rind scraped 

 a little so as to thin it. They are then steeped in juice obtained 

 from other fruits of the sort, and exposed to the sun for a few 

 days with the addition of common salt. When crisp and of a 

 brown colour, they are preserved in porcelain vessels or glass jars. 

 This preparation is called Jdrak nebu (that is digestive lemon) 

 in the vernacular. 



The variety of Citrus acida called kdguji nebu has larger 

 fruits than that of pdti nebu, and is also used as sauce like the 

 latter, hut its flavour and the fragrance of the essential oil in its 

 rind is not so delicious. 



Citrus Aurantium,Qr the sweet orange, comes from the valleys 

 of the Khasia Hills and of the eastern Himalaya. It is called 

 kamld nebu in Bengali. The variety grown in the plains has an 

 acid taste and is called narengd in the vernacular. 



The Sanskrit term karund nimbu is variously translated by 

 different authorities. Wilson in his Sanskrit dictionary calls it 

 Citrus decumana. In the Hortus Bengalensis it is translated into 

 Citrus mpdica, while Drury and other Madras authorities make 

 the variety Citrus Limonum. The Sabdakalpadruma does not 

 give any synonym or vernacular term for it, so that it is difficult 

 to say, what form it really meant. In the vernacular the term 

 karund is applied to a variety of Citrus medica. 



Citrus decumana has I believe no Sanskrit name. In the 



vernacular it is called Bdtdvi nebu, from its having been originally 



brought from Batavia. It is now much cultivated in gardens and 



is one of the common edible fruits of the country. Some varieties 



of the fruit have a pleasant taste and aroma, with little or no 

 acidity. 



MadJi 



ikarkatikd. This variety of Citrus medica is probably 

 „x« uu« uescribed by Roxburgh as Mith' nelu, that is sweet lemon. 

 The variety of Citrus which has very large oblong fruits, almost 

 equal m size to the shaddock, and the thi,k spongy rind of which 

 constitutes the largest portion of the fruit, was shewn to me by a 

 gardener m Malda, under the name of madhtkarkati. The pulp 



