58 Oranges and Lemons of India. 



mandarin in commerce, or to any which I have seen. 

 The true mandarin is noted for the smallness of its 

 leaves, what Andrews' citrus can be I do not know. 

 The only other illustration of citrus in the Repository 

 is that of a Bergamot, which is like one, and therefore, 

 it is presumable, the illustration in question must be 

 like the one which Andrews, or his artist painted ; but 

 it is very different from a true mandarin, as we know 

 it now. 



In the "Botanical Register," vol. 3, 211, I came 

 across a mandarin orange, which looks more like the 

 real thing. Its fruit is pictured about 2\ inches in 

 diameter, and its leaves are more like those of pi. 1 1 7, 

 fig. c, and pi. 1 1 8, figs, c and h of the Atlas. The 

 " Botanical Register " adds that this is " the variety 

 minor, and that in Andrews' " Repository/' 608, the 

 variety major is given, which sometimes has a 

 diameter of five inches, and is of a deep saffron colour, 

 and flattened." Both varieties were introduced into 

 England by Sir Abraham Hume. The laroo of 

 Poona has a very wide and flattened fruit, as seen in 

 pi. 126, figs, a and b. (Can this laroo be any con- 

 nection of the variety major mentioned above ?) 



In Baber's memoirs (Appendix, No. i (/i) ) in a note 

 by Humayoon, the kamilah is only mentioned, as 

 " growing to the size of an orange ; many hold it to be 

 the larger lemon, but it is much pleasanter than the 

 lemon. It has not an elegant appearance or shape.'' 

 Nothing can be made of these few lines, but Humayoon 

 was evidently alluding to some citrus which was sour, 

 much like our modern keonla. He mentions the 

 suntara also, by the name of samtereh, and says 

 there is no pleasanter fruit than the latter. It would 

 appear that in Humayoon's time, both these were 

 known in Bengal. 



