142 CITRUS FRUITS AND THEIR CULTURE. 



The Mexican lime was probably introduced by the 

 Spaniards and grows wild in the forests of southern Flor- 

 ida. Size and quality of the fruit is very variable as it is 

 propagated entirely from seeds. The tree grows as a 

 shrubby bush, ten to fifteen feet high, well provided with 

 small, sharp spines. The variety might be greatly im- 

 proved by proper selection and propagation, but at present 

 the name does not stand for any single well marked var- 

 iety, but rather for a conglomeration of varieties for which 

 the description given above may be considered fairly ac 

 curate. 



Rangpur (Rungpur, Rungpore). Form roundish, ob- 

 late, or tending toward obovate, occasionally somewhat 

 necked ; size medium, 2x21-8 inches, 25-8x2 5-8 inches ; 

 color orange red; apex sometimes flat, frequently with a 

 tendency to become distinctly uippled nipple, if present, 

 small, sharp and short ; base sometimes quite smooth, occas- 

 ionally corrugated or ridged, sometimes quite rough, espec- 

 ially when necked; calyx depressed or projecting slightly 

 around the point of attachment; rind usually fairly 

 smooth, inclining to be rough about the base and apex, 

 thin, 1-8 inch or less in thickness, separating readily from 

 the pulp, coloring irregularly in the ripening process.; 

 oil cells quite conspicuous, the primary ones depressed; 

 sections seven in number, fairly regular in size, separating 

 readily from each other and from the rind; flesh coarse 

 grained, deep orange in color; juice sacks large, long, 1-2 

 to 3-4 inch, narrow and pointed; juice plentiful, slightly 

 colored (orange) ; pulp melting; acid clear, pure, strong; 

 flavor distinct, not at all like a lime, very pleasant and 

 agreeable; pith small, open, 1-4 inch in diameter; seeds 

 present, fourteen in number, ovate, scarcely pointed, 3-8 

 inch long by 1-4 inch wide; cotyledons greenish; season, 



