190 FLOKA OF JAMAICA Citrus 



(1753). C. Aurantium var. decumana L. Sp. PL ed. 2, 1101 

 (1763). C. pompelmos Bisso Orang. t. 61-66 (1818). Malus 

 arantia (fee. Sloane Cat. 212 & Hist. i. 41, t. 12,/. 2, 3, 4. C. 

 fructu sphserico-obovato maximo &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 309. 

 Limo decumanus Humph. Amboin. ii. 96, t. 24, /. 2. Specimen in 

 Herb. Linn, named by Linnaeus. 



Shaddock. 



Cultivated and spontaneous ; Sloane Herb. vii. 113, 115 1 native of 

 China, Cochin-china, and Malay Islands. 



Tree 12-20 ft. high ; young shoots pubescent ; spiny when young, 

 becoming less so with age. Flowers large, white, sweet-scented, 3-9 in 

 subterminal axillary racemes which are longer than the petiole ; peduncle 

 and pedicels puberulous. Calyx irregularly 4(-5)-toothed. Petals 4 

 (rarely 5), oblong, dotted with green on the outside. Stamens 30-35. 

 Ovary 11-16-celled. Fruit, juice-cells spindle-shaped. " There are two 

 varieties of shaddock. In var. a. maliformis, the fruit is globose, with 

 the pulp of a pale pink colour, approaching to a very light yellow. In 

 var. b. pyriformis, the fruit is more or less pear-shaped, the pulp is of 

 a crimson colour more or less intense. The second of these varieties is 

 the more esteemed, being sweet and juicy, and having only in a slight 

 and palatable degree the acridity which abounds in the first " (Macfadyen). 



8. C. paradisi Mac/, in Hook. Bot. Misc. i. 304 (1830) k 

 Jam. i. 131 ; leaflet elliptical, rounded at both ends, glabrous, 

 7-10 cm. 1., margin crenulate; petiole narrowly winged; fruit 

 large, globular or pear-shaped, yellow, rind smooth, pulp pale 

 yellow, flavour a pleasant mingling of sweet, acid and bitter, 

 juice-cells tightly bound together. 



Generally regarded as a variety of C. decumana Lunan Hort. 

 Jam. a. 172 ; Hook. f. loc. cit. (in part) (non L.) ; Hume Citrus 

 43-DO, 115-126, t. 9 ; P. Wils. loc. cit. (in part). Malus arantia 

 (fee. Sloane Cat. 212 & Hist. i. 41 (in part). C. fructu sphserico- 

 ovato minori &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 309. 



Grape Fruit, Forbidden Fruit, Pomelo. 



Cultivated and spontaneous; Sloane Herb, vii. 1141 Distinl probably 

 a native of China. 



Tree about 30 ft. high. Spines usually short, axillary. Flowers like 

 those of C. grandis Osbeck, solitary or 2-6 in an axillary raceme. Peduncle 

 glabrous, about 1 cm. 1. Calyx irregularly S-toothed. Petals 4, oblong. 

 Stamens about 25.] 



5. AMYRIS L. 



Resinous, glabrous trees and shrubs. Leaves alternate, or 

 opposite and alternate, 1— 3-foliolate or imparipinnate, leaflets 

 opposite, with very numerous pellucid dots. Panicles with 

 numerous flowers, axillary and terminal. Flowers small, white, 

 often 3 together, hermaphrodite or polygamous. Floral parts 

 in 4's. Calyx urceolate, 4-toothed, persistent. Petals 4, imbri- 

 cate, spreading or bent down. Stamens 8, Ovary 1 -celled ; 

 ovules 2, pendulous. Drupe small, aromatic, oily ; putamen 



