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eight hours, with half the quantity of water, a very good 

 eye-wash is obtained, in which dim eyes are washed, if ex- 

 ternally there be drawn over them a cloudy spot (leucoma ?), 

 which hinders and bothers the sight. 



" If these ripe limes be plucked by the hand, and suspended 

 tied to a string, or some such other way, so that they do not 

 touch each other, they can be maintained sound for a long 

 time during sea-voyages. 



"In the month of December, 1677,* a young branch of 

 Lima nipis was put before me, the two inferior spines of 

 which bore, on their tips, flower heads such as these trees 

 bear, with one flower already open. When, however, this 

 cut branch was placed in water for the night, both heads of 

 flowers dropped off, as if they had been in some way fixed on. 

 " The leaves are used to rub the hands with, if anything un- 

 pleasant may have been touched. When crushed, they give 

 a better citrine odour, while in others it is more sulphurous. 

 " The juice of these limes is also used in painting, and in 

 preparing a pigment called Cassomba. For this purpose it 

 is as good as that of lemon Papeda. For this purpose are 

 also useful other kinds growing in Celebes, and on the east 

 coast of Ceram. These varieties in Macassar are called 

 Tsjamburaga. They are larger than Limo nipis ; externally 

 granulose, and of a dark green. In the upper part (apex) 

 they are smooth, where there is a small circle, in the midst of 

 which a prominence is raised. The pulp of these resembles 

 that of the common Limo nipis, and is acid, but its scent is 

 not like that of the latter, nor is it so pleasant. The moun- 

 tain people of Ceram, on the East coast, bring them down 

 for sale to the villages of those coasts, where they are used 

 cooked with fish, on account of their acid flavour. Certainly 

 these can be kept longer and are more suited than others 

 for carrying beyond the sea, as these and the Limo nipis 

 don't easily decay." (Vide pi. 227, fig. e of Atlas.) 



Observation. 



Just as there are many varieties of lemons (Limonum), so 

 there are many of Limes (Limonelli), which, properly speak- 

 ing, are a smaller species than the former. Many varieties 

 * That is 210 years ago. 



