CHAPTER VI. 



THE KEONLA* AND MANDARIN GROUP OF ORANGES. 



THESE varieties of oranges, with others, are much 

 allied to the suntara race. They are totally different 

 from the Portugal orange type. Although in Uppei 

 India natives make a distinction between a suntara 

 and a keonla orange, the Bengalis call the suntara 

 of Sylhet kamlah lemboo. Then, although nardnghi 

 is a generic name for oranges in general, there is a 

 variety, belonging I think to this group, which natives 

 call nardnghi proper ; others call it narlnghi. But 

 there is so much confusion in the names of the 

 Citrus in India that, as a rule, no reliance can be placed 

 on vernacular names as affording distinctive characters. 

 Then in Ceylon they have the mandarin proper, 

 but in the markets all the suntaras are called 

 mandarin oranges. 



Although there may perhaps be varieties which may 

 be considered as on debateable ground, the keonla 

 orange is quite different from the suntara. The 

 leaves of the keonla have a different scent, which when 

 once recognized is not to be mistaken. Moreover 

 the shape of the leaf is generally different, distinctly 

 crenated and not pointed, but usually emarginate, as 

 shown in pi. 124, figs, c and d. The principal dif- 

 ference, however, is in the fruit. When ripe, it is 



* Keonla or kanwla are only corruptions of kdmala. 



