3 o6 OSBECK'S VOYAGE. 



people. I faw in one place a very fmall tea 

 pot, whofe handle was made of this fruit. 



Kamm-katt is the name of a fort of fmali 

 lemons, which are not much larger than cher- 

 ries. 



Ayq.ua, fee page 297. 



Samm-nim is the name which is here given 

 to an oblong, yellow, fourifh fruit, with five 

 deep furrows (Averrhoa Bilimbi) which has 

 the quality of lemons, but is fooner fpoiled. 

 The Chinefe make a conferve of this fruit, 

 becaufe it then becomes more palatable. I 

 have been told that it is called Kala-mang. 



L e m t y e s {Citrus medico). With this 

 compare page 208 p. Though the Chinefe are 

 forbid to fell punch prepared with the juice of 

 Lcm-tyes to the men on board the mips, yet 



* The Jhm is round, fomewhat rough, a(h-coloured, 

 with pale ftreaks. The boughs grow in no particular order, 

 are expanded, bent backwards, and have feldom any thorns. 

 The young jhoots have Mrait thorns, which are very (harp, 

 and Hand either alternately or in the corners of the boughs. 

 The haves are alternate, lanceolato-oblong, petiolated, fome- 

 what emarginated, The petioli are (harpened, and of an 

 equal bieadth. 



they 



