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sweet, not aromatic. Fl. B. 1. v. 1, p. 515 ; Brandis, For. Fl. p. 52. 

 Citrus Limetia, Kisso ; Dalz. & Gibs. iSuppl. p. 13. — Verk. Miiha limbu. 

 Widely cultivated. 



2. Citrus Aurantium, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 782. A tree, 

 rarely a shrub ; young shoots glabrous, greenish-white. Leaves 1-i'olio- 

 late ; leaflets 3-0 in. long, elliptic or ovate, obtuse, acute or acuminate ; 

 petioles naked or ^\inged, the wing often obovate and nearly as large as 

 the blade. Flowers bisexual, pure white. Stamens 20-30. Fruit 

 globose, generally oblate, not mammillate, usually orange-colored ; 

 rind loose or adherent; pulp sweet, yellow, rarely red. Fl. B. I. v. 1, 

 p. 515; Grab. Cat. p. 'lb; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 12; Talb. Trees, 

 Bomb. p. 34 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 268 ; Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 335. — Yeun. Ndnwji. 



The sw eet and bitter orange ; widely cultivated. Of the former 

 (C. aurantium proper, Fl. B. I. 1. c.) many kinds are cultivated in India, 

 one of the best of w Inch is probably that known as the " Cintra " Orange, 

 the name of which was supposed to denote its Portuguese origin. 

 Dr. Bouavia is of opinion that the term is a coi'ruption of a Sanskrit 

 name Santara, and has nothing to do with the Portuguese town Cintra. 



This orange is cultivated in many places in the Bombay Pi'esidency 

 (e. (). about Poona), but Nagpur in the Central Provinces is the great 

 source of supply for the Bombay market. The tree is capable of pro- 

 ducing 2 crops of fruit annually, but as such excessive production would 

 naturally result in deterioration, the Nagpur orange-growers, by allowing 

 one plantation to rest while the other is bearing, obtain a yield of fruit 

 at two different seasons, from two distinct plots. 



The fruit of the Cintra Orange weighs from 7 to 10 ounces, has a 

 smooth loose skin in one variety, tight in another, with pulp of a deep 

 orange color and excellent flavor. 



The Lddu Orange of the Deccan comes next to the " Cintra" among 

 the cultivated oranges of the Presidency. The fruit weighs 7 to 8 

 ounces, but the color of its skin is not attractive. Woodrow (Gar- 

 dening in India) mentions a remarkable malformation which occurs in 

 many of the fruits, viz., that at the stigmatic end, enclosed within the 

 skin, a small completely formed orange, as large as a marble, with 

 5 or 7 carpels, may often be found. The tree grows to a large size. 

 AVoodrow mentions one in Sir A. Sassoon's garden (Garden Eeacb, 

 Poona) which, planted 20 years previously, had covered an area of 

 400 square feet. 



The Mandarin Orange {Ldl Lddu of the Deccan) produces a handsome 

 fruit, which is in season from November to January. The appearance 

 of the fruit is atti'actiye, but in flavor the pulp is inferior to that of 

 the Lddu. 



A variety of the Mozambique Orange, named Khdguzi, is also grown iu 

 the Deccan. The fruit attains a large size, sometimes weighing as much 

 as 13 oimces. The skin is tight and the endocarp so strong that the 



uit can only be sucked {Woodrow). 



An orange, called in the vernacular liesemi-ndrim/t, is cuHivated about 

 Poona. It produces a small fruit weighing about 3 ounces, with very 

 little juice an<l a great number of seeds (about 20). It is a very jioor 

 orange and hardly worth cuUivating. 



