392 POLYADELPHIA ICOSANDRIA. CitVUS. 



seven inches in circumference ; small, with a thin skin, of a 

 light lively yellow colour; juice pale, and acid. 



7th. Taba-Neboo. A small, ramous, very thorny tree, with 

 the petioles winged. Fridt nearly round ; skin thick, spongy 

 like the citron, pretty smooth, from twelve to eighteen inches 

 in circumference ; it ripens in November, and contains several 

 ounces of very acid juice. 



Stii. Arabian Lime from Muscat. The trees are young, 

 and have not attained their full growth. Fruit nearly sphe- 

 rical, about the size of a small shaddock ; skin thick, and 

 spongy, like the citron, and externally very uneven. 



9//i. Meetha Lemoo, i. e. sweet lime. A small, very ra- 

 mous, well armed tree. Fruit round, very smooth and thin- 

 skinned, in general about the size of a small orange ; juice in- 

 sipidly sweet. 



2. C. medica. Willd. iii. 1426. 



Petioles linear ; leaves ovate, acuminate. 



Beng. Lemoo or Nemoo. 



Lemon tree. 



On the continent of India, it is found in gardens, where it 

 blossoms most plentifully during the hot season, and the fruit 

 ripens about the close of the rains. 



The citron (^Sans. Beeja-poora, Arab. Utrej, Pers. Turcre, 

 Hind. Bejoura) is likewise found common in gardens, where 

 it blossoms, and bears fruit abundantly the whole year. 

 There are now, besides the large rough-skinned common ci- 

 trons, three varieties or species in the Botanic garden reared 

 above twelve months ago, from seed from the Garrow hills 

 ^where they are found indigenous in the forests. 



3. C. Aurantium. Willd. iii. 1427. 

 Petioles winged. Leaves acuminate. 

 Sans. Naoaruniia. 

 Arab. Narunj. 

 Beny. Kumla-neboo. 



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