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The Bitter or SevilhOY^nge (var. 2, Bir/aradia, Fl. B. I. 1. c.) does not 

 appear to be larcjely cultivated in India. — It is grown sparingly on the 

 hills about Panchgani and used for making marmalade. 



A full description of the several species and varieties of Citrus grown 

 in India may be found in Watt's Dictionary of Economic Products of 

 India, vol. 2, pp. 333-358. AVoodrow (Gardening in India, ]). 202 

 ct seq.) gives a concise account of the mode of growing, budding and 

 pruning the orange. 



3. Citrus decumana, Murr. Syst. ed. 13 (1771) p. 580. A tree 

 30-40 ft. high ; j'oung shoots pubescent. Leaflets large, 6-9 in. long, 

 ovate-oblong, frequently emarginate, pubescent beneath ; petioles broadly 

 winged. Mowers large, white. Stamens lG-24. Fruit large, pale 

 yellow, globose or pyriform ; rind thick ; pulp varying in color from 

 crimson to pale pink or yellow ; vesicles distinct. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 516 ; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 25 ; Dalz. k Gibs. Suppl. p. 12 ; Brandis, For, Fl. p. 55 ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 34 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) 

 p. 268 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 348.— Vern. Fapanas. 



The Piwimelo, or Shaddocl: of the W. Indies, a nati\e of the Malayan 

 and Polynesian Islands, largely cultivated in the Presidency and arriving 

 at great perfection along the coast of Kanara and the Koukan. 



Dr. Bonavia (Cultivated Oranges and Lemons of India and Ceylon, 

 p. 167) says " The best pummelos I have ever seen are the thin-skinned 

 red pummelos of Bombay. All the other varieties of pummelo I have 

 seen in India and Ceylon are not to be compared with this and hardly 

 worth propagating to any extent."' 



15. FERONIA, Corr. 



A spinous tree. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate ; petioles simple or 

 winged; leaflets opposite, subsessile. Flowers white, in lax racemes 

 or panicles, polygamous. Calyx small, flat, 5-toothed, deciduous. 

 Petals 5 (rarely 4-6), spreading, imbricate. Stamens 10-12 (some of 

 them often imperfect) ; filaments dilated, villous in front and on the 

 margins, subulate at the apex ; anthers linear-oblong. Disk short. 

 Ovary oblong, 5-6- at length 1-celled ; ovules many, crowded, in many 

 series, on 5-6 at length parietal placentas ; style ; stigma oblong, 

 fusiform, deciduous. Berry globose, 1-celled, many-seeded, filled with 

 pulp ; rind woody. Seeds oblong, compressed ; cotyledons thick, 

 fleshy. — DiSTMB. Tropical India and Java ; species 1. 



1. Feronia Elephantum, Corr. in Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 5 (1800) 

 p. 225, A moderate-sized tree with straight sharp strong spines 

 ^-li in. long. Leaves smelling of aniseed, alternate, imparipinnate; 

 petiole and rhachis flat, often narrowly winged ; leaflets 3-9, opposite, 

 1-2 by J-1 in., cuneate or obovate, tip often crenulate. Flowers small, 

 numerous, dull red, in lateral or terminal pubescent panicles, male and 

 female flowers often in the same panicle. Calyx small, 5-6-lobed ; 

 lobes triangular. Petals 5-6, free, elliptic-oblong, i in. long, spreading 

 or deflexed. Stamens 10-12, ] -seriate; filaments equal, subulate, 

 densely hairy at the base within ; anthers large, linear-oblong. Ovary 

 glabrous, sessile. Fruit 2-2| in. in diam., globose, hard ; pericarp 

 woody, rough, grey-colored. Seeds embedded in an edible pulp. Fl. B. 



