390 POLYADELPHIA ICOSANDRIA. CitrUS. 



M. polymnrpha. 



Legumes spiral. Stijmles toothed. Stem diffused. 



Two varieties of this are found wiUl, on loose sandy soil, 

 on the banks of the Ganges, towards Hurdwar ; one is M. 

 hispida of Goertner, the other I am less certain of. 



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CLASS XVIII. 



POLYADELPHIA ICOSANDRIA. 



CITRUS. Schreb.gen. N. 1218. 



Calyx five-cleft. Petals five. Stamina twenty or more, 

 united into several distinct bodies. Berry many-celled. 



I.e. acida. R. 



Sub-arboreous, armed. Petioles more or less winged ; 

 leaves from oval to oblong, and ovate-oblong, crenate, obtuse, 

 Corol generally four-petalled. 



Mai us limonia acida. Bank. Pin. 436. 



Sans. Jwmbira, or Jumbeera. This name applies equally 

 to all the varieties. 



Beng. Leboo, Neboo. 



Under the above definition I mean to comprehend the vari- 

 ous varieties, if not species, of the sour lemons or limes found 

 in India, and as the petioles are very generally winged I think 

 it necessary to separate them from the lemons and citrons 

 which have not that mark, or have it in a very trifling degree. 



In Bengal the following sorts have come under my inspec- 

 tion, the whole being cultivated under my own eye, in the 



