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Bengal. Rumphius, moreover, states that this kaghzi nimboo 

 was the one above others, which was particularly used " on 

 sea voyages, as it did not spoil," and " that its seeds ger- 

 minated very readily if dropped on the ground or sown." 

 The question now is did India get it from the Malay archi- 

 pelago, or the latter from continental India ?) 



(z) Chap. 40, p. 109, vol. ii. 



" Limonellus aurarius. 



"Lemon Maas. 



"Dutch De Gonde Liemis Boom. 



" This is the smallest species of all the Lemons, the tree 

 of which, nevertheless, grows as high as that of Lemon nipis 

 (kaghzi nimboo). Its leaves are smaller than those of the 

 latter, at all events narrower ; 2\ or three inches long, of 

 which the cordate part is almost the third. They are not of 

 so brilliant a green as those of Lima nipis, but are dark 

 green and spotted,* and their aroma is not pleasant. Its 

 branchlets (raches) are more scattered, and mostly hidden by 

 the leaves, and the spines are of all, the smallest, and not 

 many of them. The fruit is smallest of all, about the size 

 of a large ...(?)... ball (globi sclopeti), spherical, and almost 

 covered with small eminences, and mostly divided into 

 shallow furrows.f Above (apex), it is umbellicate. It remains 

 green for a long time, but ultimately becomes yellowish. 

 The skin is thin, like a pellicle (kaghst), and not very 

 scented. The odour can only be elicited by scratching it, 

 and the odour is not citrine, but rather aromatic, almost 

 resembling Lagondi. The pulp is juicy, yellowish, trans- 

 parent, and very acid, with many seeds of the size of wheat 

 grains. 



" In Latin it is called Limonellus aurarius. In Malay, 

 Limon Maas, not on account of its likeness to gold, but on 

 account of its use as shown further on. In other languages 

 it is called by similar names (that is for the same reason). 



* The leaves of the lima of Ceylon (C. hystrix) has its leaves spotted, 

 and their aroma is not pleasant. 



t All thin skinned Citrus have longitudinal depressions, or furrows, 

 between the pulp quarters, especially when kept for a little time, as the 

 thin skin moulds itself to the pulp as closely as a tight-fitting glove. 



