The "Khatta" or "Kama" Oranges. 15 



through human agency, or otherwise. I think we are 

 ignorant of what initiates changes in the most impor- 

 tant part of a tree, viz., the seed. A seedless egg- 

 orange plant transported from Malta to Lucknow gave 

 oranges which were crammed with seed ! 



^}\. gulgul vi Jubbulpore, pi. 31, appears to belong 

 to the khatta orange group, but whether it is only a 

 Dumrez form, or that of the regular crop, I do not 

 know. The gulgul of Lahore, a formidable citrus, 

 pi. 32, belongs I think also to the khatta group, and 

 so do two still more formidable ones, sent by Major 

 Duller from the Maharaja of Bulrampur's gardens, on 

 the Nepal border, under the name of kutliairee 

 ntmboo (or jack nimboo), and rus kankur (or juicy 

 kankur), pi. 35. 



One had a girth of 22f in. and another, too big to 

 be pictured, from Toolshepur, with a girth of 24 

 inches, a length of 10 inches, and a diameter of 7-^ 

 inches. It is the largest Citrus, excepting apummelo, 

 which I have yet seen, These large warty khattas 

 have the same curious mammilla semi-pronounced or 

 semi-flattened as that of pi. 2-9. 



In the smooth form the ripe khatta orange is softish 

 and elastic, and soon becomes flabby by keeping. 

 When ripe the exterior is of a delicate maize-orange, 

 with a thick skin, sometimes very thick ; the pithy 

 part of which is white, and very spongy. The pulp is 

 either orange or pale yellow-orange, and very sour, 

 without any bitterness, hence its name khatta. The 

 warty forms are of the same colour when ripe, and pale 

 green when unripe. Their warts are very prominent. 

 The huge kinds, shown in plates 32 and 35, and which I 

 consider a sub-variety of the common khatta, have a 

 lumpy surface, like round nodules ofkunkur, with the oil 

 cells large and very distinct. They have a lumpy pro- 



