82 ON THE VEGETATION OF MALAYSIA, 



I. pt. 2, p. 526). In China the species has a simple name, Yu ; 

 but its written character (Bretschneider, " Study and Value," etc.), 

 appears too complicated for a truly indigenous plant. According 

 to Loureiro the tree is common in China and Cochin-China, but 

 this does not imply that it is wild (Loureiro, " Fl. Cochin," II. 

 p. 572), For another species of the genus he says that it is 

 cultivated and non-cultivated (p. 569). " It is in the islands to 

 the east of the Malay Archipelago that the clearest indications of 

 a wild existence are found " (De CandoUe, " Origin of Cultivated 

 Plants," p. 178). 



The rind of this species is much esteemed for bitters. It is 

 said that Shaddock was the name of the captain who introduced 

 the fruit to the West Indies. Pimpelnose is another name in 

 English, and Pompoleon one in French. Some Malays for an 

 unknown reason call this the Bali Lemon (Jeruk Bali, also 

 Majang). In Javanese it is Limau kasumba. Other Malay 

 names are Jeruk dalima, J. jamblang, J. gedogan. In Tagalo 

 (Philippines), Dalandan, Dayap, and Kalamondin; Kahil, Yisayan, 

 besides Limon generally. Lemon susu is Citrus medica, L., 

 probably indigenous to the Malay Peninsula, or at any rate 

 introduced in ancient times into Java, Amboyna, and the 

 Peninsula.* The orange in all Malaysia is much inferior to the 

 varieties cultivated in southern Europe ; not the only instance of 

 naturalised fruits becoming much superior to the best productions 

 in their native country. 



* In Filet's "Plantkundig Woordenboek voor Nederl. Indie," and in 

 Bisschop Grevelink's " Planten van Nederl. Indie, bruckbaar voor handel, 

 nijverheid en geneeskunde" (Amsterdam 1883), a great number of Malay 

 terms are given for different species of Aurantiace^ ; but the references 

 are too lengthy for quotation here. Filet gives a list of .35 names, but some 

 of them are Sundanese and Javanese. The Dutch orthography makes 

 them appear as if differing more from the common Malay terms than they 

 are in pronunciation. Thus, jeruk, which according to these authorities 

 is the common Malay term for these fruits generally, is spelled djeroek or 

 djeroh, for the final k in Java is not sounded as in Perak Malay. The 

 Philippine list of names might be much extended. The name jeruk is 

 found in all the languages west of Celebes, as well as the Portus;uese word 

 limau. 



