298 Appendix. 



in Amboyna, more frequently, however, in Banda, hence by 

 some it is called Bandanese. 



" The third species of this tree bears fruit of the size of the 

 globe or ball, which is used in the game . . . . ? (lusui 

 conorum). Round the stalk it is equally gibbous. Its skin 

 is neither very thick nor bitter, but it is hardly edible. Its 

 pulp is white, very juicy, acidulous, and in the ripe fruit 

 sweeter, as in the Limo Martinjo. It bears smaller leaves 

 than the preceding, and almost resembling the leaves of this 

 Limo Martinjo, but they are stiffer and smoother (more 

 glabrous). Their cordate part is of the size of that of Limo 

 Itam (Seville orange), and at their insertion here and there 

 are short and not frequent spines. The trunk is taller than 

 that of the common kind, and has many erect branches, like 

 Limo Martinjo, but its head is larger. This variety is rare 

 in Amboyna, and is there called Japanese, as it was first 

 brought from there. It is not, however, held in great estima- 

 tion, because its fruit is neither acid nor sweet, and is mostly 

 used for a rustic drink called ' Pens' (Punch ?), which is made 

 of water, arack, citrus-juice, sugar, and several aromatic in- 

 gredients mixed with it one after the other. 



"The fourth species is rarest of all. Its leaves are like 

 those of the first variety, but smoother (more glabrous), and 

 at the edges not serrate, and rounded at the tip, where they 

 have a short apex, or are bifid (emarginate). Beneath they 

 are not downy,* as in the common kind. Its fruit is largest 

 of all, equally elevated (round the stalk), irregular and 

 tubercled. Five or six hang from one stalk, and are covered 

 with foveoli. The colour resembles that of other kinds. 

 The skin is more than an inch thick, bitter and sulphurous. 

 As to the rest, its scent and flavour are like those of others. 

 The pulp is white, more juicy and sweet than in the common 

 ones. It has hardly any seeds. In this kind there seldom 

 are any. When peeled, it is of the size of an orange, which, 

 in its pulp is larger than others. It is subdivided by a thin and 

 pithy pellicle. Some smaller ones, in their upper part (apex), 

 bear a new layer of rind ; others, within this, have a small 

 pummelo of the same substance, colour, and flavour, as the 



* Note that Rumphius knew of a variety of pummelo which had not 

 downy leaves. 



