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(inferior ejus pars cordata tanta et tarn ampla est, ut fere 

 dimidiam totius folii constituat partem, itaque erecta, acsi 

 bina sibi essent imposita folia). At the edges, however, 

 it is slightly serrate, thicker, and of a darker green than in 

 the foregoing. Its flower is, of all, the smallest, consisting of 

 four petals, and when open hardly as big as the nail of the 

 little finger. Its fruit is half the size of the lemon martin, 

 hardly equalling that of one's fist, and pyriform, but so 

 covered with tubercles (sed ita tuberculis obsitus) that it 

 hardly has the same shape (as the Lemon Martin). Its 

 tubercles, however, separately observed, are smoother than 

 those of Lemon Martin. Mostly it is green, and when 

 wholly ripe slightly yellow. Its skin is more solid and juicy 

 than the foregoing. Its scent is pleasanter than in any other 

 Indian lemon, and better than that of the Spanish lemons, or 

 equal to them. The pulp is greenish, granulose, and very 

 acid, with a certain sharpness, as if it were corrosive. It is 

 not very juicy, but contains many seeds. The branches are 

 covered with sparse small spines ; they are, however, more 

 frequent than in Limo Martin. In truth, long spines in this 

 tree rarely occur, hence it can more easily be climbed than 

 the foregoing. 



"In Latin it is called Limo ventricosus, in Malay Lemon 

 Pnrrut, on account of its numerous tubercles, which, like 

 warts, cover its whole surface ; some also call it Lemon Papua, 

 that is Limo crispus, from the form of curly hair which the 

 Papuans have ; others then call it Lemon tay Ayam, that is, 

 comparing it to fowl's dung, from its shape, which it resem- 

 bles, as if a lump of earth had been hardened by means of 

 fowl's dung ; in Ternate it is called Djuru pnrrut. 



" It occurs in Celebes, and almost in all the islands of Am- 

 boyna, as also in Banda. Everywhere, however, it is not 

 common, but rare. It is the skins of these lemons that are 

 most used. The rind is scraped off and mixed with a little 

 water, and thus they serve for scrubbing the head after it has 

 been previously washed and cleaned by other means, and the 

 dirt removed. It then produces a nice smell in the hair. 



"The acid juice is rarely used in food, but mostly for the 

 preparation of paints, for which purpose the most acid lemons 

 are selected. Some also wash their head and body with this 



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