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Kig. 1O ; Citrus nobilis LOUJ:. 

 var. Ponld HAY. 



mm. longis apice aeutis margine sub lente ciliolatis. 

 Petala 5 patentia plus minus deorsum recurva 

 14 mm. longa 6 mm. lata apicc obtusa plus minus 

 contracta. Stamina circ. 20, filamentis toto a basi 

 usque ad prope apicem connatis crassiusculis, an- 

 theris ovato-oblongis 2 mm. longis 1 mm. 1^ mm. 

 latis apice obtuse apiculatis basi 2-lobatis. Discus 

 annularis Ovarium globosum 2 mm. longum 

 totiusque latum glabrum viride, stylo columnari 

 6 mm. longo 1 mm. crasso. stigma te pulviniformi 1^ mm. longo 2J mm. lato. 

 Fructus depresso-globosns 3 cm. longus 4 cm. latus circ. 9-locularis, medulla cava, 

 pericarpio tenui baud stricto ; carnibus dulcibus ; cmbryonibus albicantibus. 

 HAB. Shintiku, cult. 

 NOM. JAP. Ponld j^j^l. 



NOTE : Colour of the skin is like that of No. 126 in KLIX. et VAL. 

 Code des Coul. This tree, wlicn quite old, attains a height of 2 m. 75 cm v 

 the branches spreading over 4 m. 25 cm. in width. 



Citrus nobilis LOUR. var. Sunki HAYATA n. v. Frutex 3 m. 20 cm. 

 altus, 4 m. 30 cm. latus, latior quam longior, ramis valde divaricatis ranio- 

 .sissimis, ramulis triquctris ad angulos obtusis. Folia ovato-oblonga vel oblonga 

 5-1 cm. longa 3^ cm. lata apice obtusissima ad summum emarginata vel retusa 

 Ijasi obtusa vel acuta margine du])licato-crenata, petiolis 1 cm. longis. Fructus 

 axillaris vel terminalis solitarius (pedunculis brevissirnis 5-6 mm. longis), depresso- 

 globosus 33 mm. longus 47 mm. in diametro tenuissirne 10-lobatus in circum- 

 scriptione apice basique impressus 1 , pericarpio loBvi luteo tcnui 1| mm. crasso, 

 7-10-locularis, medulla cava, carnibus acidis ; seminibus ovoideis apice rostratis 

 12 mm. longis, embryonibus ] tallido-viridibus. 

 HAB. Shinpo, cult. 

 NOM. JAP. Sunki ^^. 



This variety resembles G. nobilis LOUK. var. Fonki, but differs from it in 

 the very much obtuse leaves and acid pulp. The leaves of this variety are rather 

 variable, some are crenate, but others entire; some branches* arc spinescent, 

 but others armless. 



