76 Oranges and Lemons of India. 



fruit middle-sized, ovoid yellow mammillate, rind thin, 

 pulp abundant, acid. Synonym-s. Brandis, I.e., 52 : C. 

 aurantium var. limonum ; W. and A. Prodr. 98, C. 

 limonum; Wall. Cat. 6,389; Dalz. and Gibs., Bomb. Fl. 

 Suppl. 13 ; C. medica, Willd., according to Roxburgh, 

 Fl. Ind. iii. 392 the lemon." 



And of the sweet lemon, he says fruit globose, three 

 to five in. diam., rind thin, smooth, juice abundant, 

 sweet, not aromatic. " Synonyms Brandis, I.e. 52, 

 C. aurantium, vars. limetta and lumia W. and A. 

 Prodr. 98 ; C. limetta of Risso, Dalz. and Gibs., Bomb. 

 Fl. Suppl. 13 , Wight, Ic. t. 958, Wall. cat. 6385." 



Without seeing the tree, with its fruit at different 

 seasons, and its flowers, and also the young tree 

 grown from seed, it is not an easy matter to group 

 the lemons of India, without a good deal of arbitrary 

 placing. I have given in pis. 179 and 180, a number 

 of outlines of the Malta lemon, to show how easily 

 one or other of these forms might be taken for 

 some other kind, unless one had seen them on the 

 tree. 



The following is an attempt to classify the lemons, 

 but a much closer study of the whole group is required 

 to do this satisfactorily. Each variety requires to be 

 studied on the tree at different seasons, while in many 

 cases, I had only the opportunity of seeing the fruit. 

 When leaves were sent, the chances are they were taken 

 at random, without regard to their being typical or 

 not. 



Lemons Proper. 

 (C. Medica, var. limonum.) 



1. Digitate or primitive lemon. 



2. (C. limonum vulgaris of Risso) Malta lemon. 



