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comparatively recent introduction. In Ceylon, it is 

 either called aranj or peni-dbdan, which is said to 

 mean simply a sweet round orange. There, sour 

 oranges are called amool-dbdan. In Poona they have 

 a variety called mussembi, which is evidently a corrup- 

 tion of Mozambique. In Bombay they import a nice 

 variety of Portugal orange from Zanzibar, which they 

 call either mussembior Malta orange. In the Bombay 

 market, the one they import from Poona they distin- 

 tinguish by the name of Poona mussembi. In Tanjore 

 they have a second variety, which the English there 

 call Spanish orange. In the Upper Provinces.it is 

 known by the name of Malta orange or Sylhet. The 

 orange from the latter place is of a totally different 

 type, and is the one which goes to Calcutta under the 

 name of kdmla lemboo. The Portugal or Malta type 

 of orange I know has been recently introduced in four 

 or five different places viz.: Ceylon, probably with 

 the collection from Egypt ; in Lucknow, Jaunpore, 

 Gujranwala, and probably also in Lahore, with the 

 collection from Palermo mentioned in Colonel Yule's 

 " Glossary. " The best of all is the blood orange of 

 Gujranwala. It should be noted here that Rumphius 

 in chap. 43, vol. ii., describes what I take to be a Por- 

 tugal orange, under the name of Aur. verrucosum. In 

 Amboina it was called Lemon Tsjina, and mostly cul- 

 tivated by the Chinese inhabitants. It was then con- 

 sidered a recent introduction in the archipelago. He 

 further says that in China there are two kinds of it, 

 one common, which is there called Bit-cam, that is, 

 Lima regius ; and the other seng-cam* The latter 

 is double the size of the common kind.f 



* Here we may possibly have not only the first part of kamala, but 

 also the first part of sengtereh; vide derivation of suntara further on. 



t It would appear that the Portugal orange came from China, via 

 the Malay archipelago. 



