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variety resembles the preceding, and the Calabrian Lime, but is 

 easily distinguished from both by its greater size, and the 

 branches only being furnished with a few very short spines, by 

 the leaves being oval, on twisted petioles, yellowish, by the 

 flowers being of 5 petals, reddish on the outside, and by the 

 fruit being larger, perfectly round, and very smooth, of a beauti- 

 ful yellow colour, terminated by a small nipple-like protuber- 

 ance, with a thin rind, and the pulp is divided into 9 cells, 

 which are full of an acid juice. Seeds egg-shaped. This variety 

 is also distinguished from the Pusilla-pila of Ferr. hesp. t. 201. 

 by the spines being shorter, the leaves more pointed, the fruit 

 larger, with a thinner rind, and from the Barbadorus of Ferr. 

 hesp. t. 259. by the leaves being shorter, the branches more 

 spiny, and the fruit smaller. 



8 Sweet Lemon (Engl.), Limonier a fruit doux (Fr.), Limone 

 a frulto dolce (Ital.), Limoun san Bartolomea (Nice), Limueiro 

 doce (Braz.), Citrus Limonum pulpa dulcl (Risso). Ferr. hesp. 

 p. 227. t. 229. Fruit ovate-oblong, with an incurved point and 

 sweet pulp. This variety is not to be confounded with the 

 Lemon-shaped Sweet Lime, nor with the Lemon-shaped Orange. 

 It presents a different appearance to both. Leaves oblong, point- 

 ed, rather deeply toothletted towards the summit, but entire to- 

 wards the petiole, which is very long. Flowers of a beautiful 

 white colour, slightly tinged with red on the outside, very odori- 

 ferous. Fruit oval-oblong, smooth, terminated by a long nipple- 

 like point, which is sometimes curved ; the rind is very thin, of 

 a beautiful yellow colour ; the pulp is divided into 8 cells, full of 

 a sweet juice. Seeds oblong. 



9 Poncine Lemon (Engl.), Limone Ponz'mo (Ital.), Limonier 

 Poncine (Fr.), Limoun Pounsino (Nice), Citrus Limonum Pouzl- 

 num (Risso). Fruit large, globose, with an incurved point and 

 acid pulp, without seeds. The Poncine is cultivated in some 

 gardens in the south of Europe, and makes a very fine vigorous 

 tree, full of spurs. Leaves oval-oblong, pointed, on short pe- 

 tioles. Flowers usually collected together at the summit of the 

 branches. Fruit very large, terminated by a small, curved, 

 nipple-like protuberance, of a beautiful yellow colour, at matu- 

 rity, traversed lengthwise by lines, which are a little elevated, 

 which renders it somewhat rugged ; the rind is very thick ; the 

 pulp is divided into 11 cells, full of an acid juice, without seeds. 

 This variety is only cultivated for curiosity. 



10 Rosoli Lemon (Engl.), Limonier Rosolin (Fr.), Limone 

 Rosolino (Ital.), Limoun san Gerorme (Nice), Citrus Limonum 

 Rosolinum (Risso). Ferr. hesp. p. 251. t. 255. Leaves large, 

 elongated, thick, slightly toothletted, on long winged petioles. 

 Flowers collected together in bunches. Fruit very large, round, 

 a little oblong, traversed lengthwise by warted stripes, of a deep- 

 yellow colour, mixed with green, terminated by a nipple-like 

 point, which is usually curved, with a very thick tender rind, of 

 an insipid taste, adhering firmly to the pulp, which is very in- 

 considerable, considering the size of the fruit, full of feeble acid 

 juice. 



1 1 Small Cedrate Lemon (Engl.), Limonier petit Cedrat (Fr.), 

 Limone Cedrino (Ital.), Limoun Sedrin (Nice), Limueiro Francez 

 (Braz.), Citrus Limbnum Citratum pumilum (Risso). Fruit 

 ovate, smooth, shining, with a pulp containing little acid. Tree 

 small. Leaves small, green on one side, but yellowish on the 

 other. Flowers ordinarily grow in pairs, violet on the outside, 

 with a 4-cleft calyx, and the stamens are usually shorter than 

 the pistil. Fruit egg-shaped, covered with sunk points, of a 

 shining-yellow colour, terminated by a small, blunt, nipple-like 

 protuberance, containing a faint tasted, rather acid pulp. 



12 Bignette Lime (Engl.), Limonier Bignette (Fr.), Limone 

 Bignetta (Ital.), Bignetta comuna (Nice), Citrus Limbnum 

 Bignetta (Risso). Fruit ovate, smooth, of a greenish-yellow 

 colour, blunt at the apex, with an acid pulp. There is a variety 



of this sort, which is used in sauces, and to make lemonade, in 

 Brazil under the name of limueiro azedo. The fruit is very 

 small, and resembles a citron in form ; the rind is smooth and 

 green. 



13 Large-Jruited Bignette Lemon (Engl.), Bignette a gros 

 fruit (Fr.), Bignetta grossa (Ital.), Bignetta (Nice), Citrus 

 Limbnum Bignetta fructu maxima (Risso). Fruit large, ovate, 

 shining, pale-yellow, with acid pulp. This tree is also known 

 under the name of Bignette, but it should not be confounded 

 with the preceding variety ; it is a much more majestic tree. 

 The leaves are more developed, roundish-oval, toothletted, of' a 

 beautiful shining green, mixed or spotted with yellow, traversed 

 by large nerves beneath ; the flowers are larger, and slightly 

 tinged with purple, with the stamens united at the base by twos 

 or threes, for the most part sterile ; the fruit is egg-shaped, 

 smooth, and shining, without any nipple-like process, of a pale 

 greenish-yellow colour, two or three times larger than the com- 

 mon Bignette, and less abundant in juice. The culture of this 

 tree is almost abandoned, on account of the fruit which seldom 

 comes to maturity. 



14 Cedrate Lemon (Engl.), Limonier Cedrin (Fr.), Limone 

 Cedrino (Ital.), Limoun Sedrou (Nice), Citrus Limbnum Citra- 

 tum (Risso). Fruit round, smooth, with a long acute point. 

 Ferr. hesp. p. 266. t. 263. The characters which separate this 

 from all the other varieties are its long pale-green leaves, which 

 are deeply toothletted, and traversed by small, hardly apparent 

 nerves, and the large flowers composed of 3 or 4 petals, which 

 are coloured with red on the outside, and are borne on long slen- 

 der peduncles, as well as in the fruit being large, of a very 

 shining greenish-yellow colour, terminated by a very long nip- 

 ple-like point, with a thick rind and slightly acid pulp, without 

 seeds. 



* Fruit oblong, terminated by a large nipple-like point, 



15 Wax Lemon (Engl.). Limonier Ceriesc (Fr.). Limone 

 seriesco (Ital.). Limoun seriesc (Nice). Citrus Limbnum ce~ 

 riescum (Risso). Fruit ovate-oblong with a thick rind and 

 grateful acid pulp. Tourn. inst. p. 621. Vole. p. 163. and 

 164. Desf. tab. de 1'eco. de bot. p. 138. Gall. p. 110. no. 8. 

 Of all the varieties this is the most generally cultivated, next to 

 the common Bignette, on account of the abundance of fruit 

 which it produces every year. It is a vigorous tree, with large 

 oblong-pointed leaves ; the flowers are situated on long pedun- 

 cles ; the calyx is coloured like the petals. The fruit is variable 

 in form, but generally oval-oblong, terminated by a point, with 

 a thicker rind than that of the common Bignette, containing 

 abundance of acid juice. 



16 Gaeta Lemon (Engl.). Limonier de Gaete (Fr.). Limone 

 di Gaeta (Ital.). Limoun Gaetan (Nice). Citrus Limbnum 

 Gaietanum (Risso). Fruit oval, oblong, with a thick, eatable, 

 wrinkled rind. Ferr. hesp. p. 233. t. 105. This tree, which 

 bears beautiful fruit, differs essentially from all the other va- 

 rieties. The leaves resemble those of the Laurel of Apollo, 

 oblong, finely toothletted, acuminated. The branches are fur- 

 nished with spines. The flowers are large and situated along 

 the branches, composed of 9 linear, reflexed petals, sweet- 

 scented, and of a purplish colour, with about 42 stamens, which 

 are longer than the pistil. The fruit is long, oval-oblong, ter- 

 minated by a large, blunt, nipple-like protuberance, with a thick 

 sweet rind, and the pulp divided into 10 cells, full of an acid 

 juice, and containing a very few small seeds. 



17 Imperial Lemon (Engl.). Limonier Imperial (Fr.). Li- 

 mone Imperiale (Ital.). Limoun gros (Nice). Citrus Limbnum 

 Imperiale (Risso.). Fruit roundish-oblong, wrinkled, with a 

 thick rind and rather acid pulp. Ferr. hesp. p. 221. t. 225. 



