296 Appendix. 



" The wood is pale, solid, and knotty. It does not crack 

 easily, and when seasoned, is suited to handles of carpenters' 

 tools, more especially the thick roots, which are distinctly 

 striated and veined. 



" It flowers in October and in subsequent months, and the 

 fruit ripens in April and May.* 



" In Latin it is called Limo decumanus y or malum Assyrium 

 decmnanum ; in Malay, Lemon Cassomba,\ that is, red lemon,, 

 from its meaty colour. Some in Malay call \\.Jamboa t from 

 the Portuguese Samboa, which properly denotes the Pomp- 

 sires, or Poma Adami of the Spaniards, from which, however, 

 these Indian fruits differ much. By the Javanese it is called 

 Djurru, or Djerru, or Djerru-Matsjang t that is Limo tigrinus. 

 In Macassar, Lemon Cahicku, that is Limo Calapparius, from 

 the size and form of a Calappns.% In Belgian, Pompelmoes* 

 In Chinese, /#, or Noay. 



"These trees, in the East Indian regions are not common, 

 and they are considered as having been, at one time, brought 

 from higher regions. They are cultivated by amateurs in 

 gardens as much for their fruit as for their shade. They 

 build a wide stone plinth round the trees and tie their larger 

 branches to poles. Those trees, however, which have a 

 limited head and erect branches, and a tall straight trunk, 

 are not considered by them so suited to this mode of train- 

 ing as the lower trees, with a larger and more expanded head. 

 The Amboinese do not enlarge their trees (in this way), and, 

 moreover, the fruit of those growing in their colder mountains 

 is smaller and acid. These trees like a warm soil and a 

 locality in the plains, hence the people of Banda always 

 grow them better than the Amboinese, as the soil there is 

 warmer. 



" The fruit is often eaten raw and served with dessert. Its 

 pulp, either alone or with Spanish wine, and prepared with 



* In India it flowers in February and March, and ripens in November 

 and December. 



f Cassomba is the same as the Indian dye kussumb, made from the 

 Carthamns tinctorius. 



% This word may have given origin to the Bengali variety called 

 calamba, or kalama y meaning, in Javanese, cocoa-nut. (Calappa* 

 Rumph. vol. i. pi. I.) 



Probably more northerly regions is meant. 





