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Hind. Nareiij, Narangee; of the orange like the lime, we 

 have many varieties to the eastward of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, (See Rumph. Herb. Amb. vol. ii.) but as they do not 

 thrive in any part where 1 have yet been stationed, 1 cannot 

 Avell enter into any satisfactory account of them. 



4. C. dccnmana. WUhl iii. 1428. 



Petioles winged. Leaves obtuse, emarginate. 



Beng. and Hind. Datavi-Neboo. 



Limo Decumanus. Rumph. Amb. ii. 96. /. 24./'. 2. 



Of this elegant useful tree, the shaddock, Ave have two va- 

 rieties, one with white, and the other with red pul[), differing 

 in size and quality, according to the soil, climate, and situa- 

 tion. On the continent of India so far as 1 know, we have the 

 tree in our gardens only ; the Bengalee name, viz. Batavia 

 lime, denotes its being an exotic here. 



5. C. inermis. Roxb. 



Shrubby, unarmed. Petioles naked ; leaves lanceolar, 

 scarcely crenulate, obtuse. 



Chin. Kum-quat. 



Limoncllus Madurensis. Rumph. Amb. ii. 1 10. /. 31. 



A small, shrubby species ; from China it has been intro- 

 duced into the Botanic garden, where it blossoms in April. 



Stem scarcely any, but numerous, unarmed, very ramous, 

 smooth branches spreading and rising in every direction*. 

 Leaves alternate, petioled, lanceolar, some of them slightly 

 crenulate, obtuse, smooth on both sides, from two to three 

 inches long, and about one broad. Petioles about a quarter 

 of an inch long, toward the apex margined. Peduncles axil- 

 lary, generally solitary, the length of the petioles, one-flower- 

 ed. Calyx small, flat, five-toothed. Petals five, lanceolate, 

 recurved. Filaments variously united. ./Anthers from ten 

 to fifteen. Germ superior, M'ith the base surrountC.d with a 

 fleshy ring, from four to five-celled, with from one to three 



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