272 ON THE PLANTS CULTIVATED Oil NATURALIZED 
< Catigiiire' (a Cumanagato word) is seldom cultivated, and of no great 
value,° the yellow pulp of the large fruit being very indigestible. 1 
believe it to be the A. Manirote, H.B.K., and as this figures amongst 
the « Anon* non satis note," I beg leave to add the following de- 
scription : 
Man 
folii 
ticis basi truncate subinajqualibus apice abrupte acuminate, supra 
glaberrirais nitidis, subter pallid ioribus, venis supra leviter impress* 
subter valde prominentibus pilosis (foliis novellis omnino propemodum 
sericeo-pilosis), margine siccitate subrevolutis, 5-7 poll. long. 2-3 poll, 
hit., petiolo 3-4 lin. longo ; floribus solitariis axillaribus et terminali- 
bus brevissime pedunculate ; sepalis tribus minutis sericeo-tomentosis ; 
petal* exterioribus triaugularibus louge acuminatis (3) poll, long- 
supra basin pollicem fere latis) crassis, extus dense aurantiaco-senceis, 
intus roseis luteo-marginatis ; petalis interioribm apiculatis imbncatis 
sesquipollicaribus 9-10 lin. latis, extus tenuitcr pilosiuscuhs auran- 
tiaco-roseis, intus roseis ; staminibus pistillisqw ut in genera; fruetm 
ovoideo-globosus, capitis humani magnitudes, aculeis innocuis mtlexis 
(ut in A. mnricata, L.), in maturitatis statu luteus, came lutea dulcis- 
sima, semina crebra fusca pollicem longa et ultra. 
Citrus Aurantium, Risso, ' Naranjo dulce,' and C. Bigaradia, Dunam., 
* Naranjo amargo.' 
Both are frequently cultivated. Macfadyen (PI. Jam. p. 129) ^ 
that the seeds of sweet oranges produce very often the bitter orange- 
tree, and Duchassaing (Grisebach, ' Vegetation der Karaiben, p. ) 
states equally, "se a seminibus Aurantu duleU arbores fructus amai ^ 
proferentes vidisse idque incolis (ins. Guadeloupe) satis notunv ease. 
In Caracas we distinguish the 'Naranjo agrio' (sour) and the '^^ 
amargo' (bitter), the first being a degenerated form of Citrus A*ra* • 
Its fruit es agrio (the auxiliary verb denoting an essential qua i J7 - 
whilst the fruit of the sweet orange-tree sometimes esta agm ^ 
auxiliary verb denoting an accidental quality). I have, been o^ ^ ^ 
often that seeds of sweet oranges produce in some places 
m _ _ _» A ri a i 
gn max seeus oi sweei uiaugca jjluuu^ » ^ r never 
[n circumstances, trees with sour fruits (naranjas agrias), u ^ 
wuh bitter fruits (naranjas arnargas). This agrees very well W ^ 
observations of Gallesio, and confirms the opinion of Ainu. 
(G 
kno 
Bernol 
