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rounded at the apex, sub-emarginate, crenated, midrib 

 beneath pubescent, ciUated, above shining. Petiole alate, 

 pubescent. AIcb ciliate, crenulated. Spines for the most 

 part wanting. Flowers axillary. Peduncle pubescent. Calyx 

 irregularly 5-fid, pubescent, with the divisions obtuse. Petals 

 4, linear, oblong. Stamens 30. Germen romidish, pubescent. 

 Style pubescent. 



Of this fruit there are two varieties. 



Var. «. maliformis ; fruit globose, pulp white. 

 Var. /3. pyriformis ; fruit pear-shaped, pulp red. 



Of the above two varieties of this excellent fruit, the latter 

 abounds most in the sweet principle. Unlike the Orange^ the 

 best Shaddocks are observed to grow in the wet districts. 



8. C. Paradisi, [Forbidden Fruit.) Leaves oval, rounded, 

 crenulated, glabrous. Petioles alate. Stamens 25. Friiit large. 



This is a tree of a handsome appearance, about 30 feet in 

 height, with branches sub-erect, and the apex sharp. Leaves 

 oval, rounded, crenulated, glabrous. Petioles subalate. 

 Spines for the most part short, axillary. Floivers peduncled, 

 axillary, either solitary or in a raceme of from 2 to 6. 

 BractexB one at the base of each pedicel, concave, lanceolate. 

 Peduncle glabrous, half-an-inch long. Calyx irregularly 5-fid, 

 faintly ciliated. Petals 4, linear-oblong, rounded. Stamens 

 25-26. Fruit sweetish, subacid. 



There are also two varieties of this species. 



Var. u. pyriformis ; Barbadoes Grape Fruit. 



Var. /3. maliformis; Forbidden Fruit. 



As in the Shaddock, the pear-shaped variety possesses most 

 of the siveet principle, and is, on the whole, a preferable 

 fruit. 



James Macfadyen. 



21th July, 1828. 



