34 Oranges and Lemons of India. 



chakotra, and one of them bore the enormous gourd- 

 like pummelo outlined on pi. 80. 



So that all the pummelo trees I have examined can 

 be divided into three sub-varieties, as far as pubescence 

 is concerned, viz. : 



(a.) Pubescence, as in other Citrus, on the young 

 unexpanded leaf buds only. 



(b.) Pubescence to a greater degree than (a) on the 

 young leaves and stems. This pubescence, however, 

 is afterwards shed, and neither the leaves nor the green 

 stem show any trace of it. Perhaps a magnifying 

 glass might detect a few remaining hairs on the edges 

 of leaves and on the under part of the midrib. 



(c.) Pubescence to a greater degree than (b}> with 

 the additional variation that it is permanent. The old 

 green stems have it, and the oldest leaves retain it on 

 their edges and undersides of the midrib and petiole ; 

 also on the edges of the petiole wings. The more 

 pubescent kinds may have some slight difference in 

 the shape of the leaflet, as shown in pi. 82, fig. c. It 

 is generally more rounded and oftener emarginate, 

 while the glabrous varieties have their leaflets longer 

 and more lanceolate, as in fig. a, pi. 82 ; and some- 

 times they appear to be entire, though the oil cells 

 of the edges of the leaves are rarely extinct. There 

 is no other difference that I can make out. With 

 regard to the size of the pummelo tree, I have only 

 seen one which could bear being styled a large tree, 

 and that was in the Padshabagh, in Lucknow ; all 

 others have been more or less bushy. I fancy the size 

 depends a good deal on the training, and whether 

 they are grown from seed or bud. In India they are 

 usually budded low down on the stock, and are not 

 trained on one stem, so that they branch out, and in- 

 stead of developing in height they develop in breadth. 



