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BOTANY OF CROP PLANTS 



and each cell contains two ovules; a characteristic feature of 

 the flower is the cavernous stigma; the fruit is small, i to 

 iH inches in diameter, its rind usually thick, fleshy, spicy. 



and aromatic, its juice acid, and its seeds small and pointed ; 

 there may be one or two crops of bloom, and fruit in a growing 

 season. 



Species. — The two most commoh species of Fortunella 

 are F. margarita, the Oval or Nagami kumquat, and F. 



