2O Oranges and Lemons of India. 



Bajour, and Sewad (Swat ?), where, he says, it is both 

 "plentiful and good." Therefore, I repeat, hiswdranf, 

 although supposed so by his translators, could not have 

 been the ndrandj of the Arabs (the Seville orange). 



A. de Candolle, in his ''Origin of Cultivated Plants," 

 under the heading of orange (Citrus aurantium of 

 Linnaeus) gives the following, which is hardly appli- 

 cable to the oranges I know. " Oranges are distin- 

 guished from Shaddocks by the complete absence of 

 down on the young shoots and ; leaves ; by their 

 smaller fruit, always spherical, and by a thinner rind. 

 They differ from lemons and citrons in their pure 

 white flowers ; in the fruit, which is never elongated, 

 and without a nipple on the summit ; in the rind 

 being smooth, or nearly so, and adhering but lightly to 

 the pulp." 



I shall take these characters seriatim, and show that 

 in my opinion they do not at all fit in with the reality. 



(a.) Not only are the young unexpanded shoots of 

 almost all orange trees hairy, but the young leaves 

 and shoots of the large at anni orange are as downy 

 as those of most Pummelos or Shaddocks. Moreover 

 there are undoubted varieties of Pummelos, as I shall 

 show further on, which are glabrous (without down). 



(b.} As to size, the bandir orange of Tanjore, pi. 43, 

 and the punchi jambole of Kandy, pi. 56, are as 

 large as the Pondicherry Pummelo, and the Shaddock 

 of the English market, pi. 92, fig. b. The At 

 Anni orange, pi. 112, is much larger than many 

 Pummelos* 



(<:.) As to oranges being always spherical, the 

 plates will speak for themselves. Many are egg- 

 shaped, pyriform, and also flattened. 



(d.} As to their differing from lemons and citrons 

 in having white flowers, no nipple, smooth skin, 



