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means an unpleasant scent ; moreover they are not bitter. 

 They are three or four inches long ; in the younger branches 

 near the leaves, there are small and weak spines, but in the 

 old branches, when the leaves have dropped off, they are 

 larger and more acute, and so cover the branches that they 

 can be scarcely handled. In still older branches however, 

 they become less frequent, so that they are as rare as in the 

 small branches. 



" All flowers of lemons * first form white heads, and from 

 these small flowers grow, consisting mostly of five, and more 

 rarely of four white thick petals. On the contrary, in this 

 species they are larger than in the common kinds, and 

 formed of five petals, with their exterior purplish. The 

 fruits are not uniform. Some are certainly as large as two 

 fists, somewhat pyriform, or resembling a quince, and round 

 the stalk almost covered with large tubercles, the remaining 

 portion having smaller tubercles, resembling warts. Other 

 fruits, on the contrary are oblong, oviform, or acuminate at 

 both ends, and covered all over with depressed tubercles, or 

 larger warts. When ripe, these lemons from green turn 

 yellowish, and sometimes they are yellow or citrine, almost 

 like the colour of Spanish lemons. The skin is tolerably 

 thick, and if peeled, it emits a sulphurous spray, which is 

 oily. The scent is grateful, and quite citrine, so is its flavour ; 

 at the same time it is bitter, and pungent to the tongue. 

 The pulp resembles that of the European lemon, and is acid, 

 but feebler than in any other species, and therefore it is also 

 eaten raw, but as a condiment others are preferred. This 

 tree gives fruit almost all the year round. At the same time 

 it bears flowers, half-ripe, and fully ripe lemons. It requires 

 however to be carefully pruned, as more than others it gives 

 many erect and spiny branches, which enfeeble it. This we 

 have also observed in others. 



" In Latin it is called Limo tuberosus Martinicus. It should 

 certainly be noted that all the Indian species of lemon are 

 called by the Malays by the general term of Lemoen, while 

 in Europe this name is given to only one species. This tree 

 moreover is called Lemon Martin by the Malays. How it 



* By lemons the author probably means Citrus, including oranges 

 pummelos, c. 



