326 Appendir. 



(Seville), with erect branches ; its rounded head, however, is 

 larger and fuller. The leaves are narrower and more acute than 

 the foregoing ; three or four inches long, smooth, with sparse 

 nerves, and scent similar to the first (Seville). The cordate 

 part is as long as the breadth of one's finger ; but so narrow 

 that its cordate form can scarcely be made out.* It is, how- 

 ever, slightly broader than that of Limon Martin (therefore 

 fig. I. Tab. 24 of Rumphius cannot be lemon Martin, but 

 lemon Purrut, as it has an immense "pars cordata ; " therefore 

 also lemon Martin must refer to fig. 2 of same Tab. E.B.). 

 The young branches have long and narrow spines ;f in the 

 adult ones, however, none are perceptible. The fruit has 

 two forms. In one the oranges are larger than in the other. 

 The larger ones are like the foregoing (Seville) or a little 

 smaller ; spherical, except near the stalk, where there is a 

 protuberance ; at the top (apex) it is depressed and pitted 

 with foveoli. The rest of the rind is smooth, but it has many 

 small foveoli. The skin is rather thick, fungous, and easily 

 detached from the pulp. Externally, from green it turns 

 darker, although it be wholly mature.}; Moreover, the skin 

 is bitter, sulphurous, and with a very strong scent ; if broken, 

 it emits a sort of vapour (spray of ess. oil). If these oranges 

 are plucked and kept for some time, one part turns 

 yellowish, as if they were true oranges. If, however, they 

 ripen on the tree and become wholly yellow, they are con- 

 sidered dry and useless. These mostly do not acquire their 

 full cize, but drop off in that state. 



"The pulp of these is similar to that of the Spanish 

 orange, divided into many segments adhering closely to- 

 gether, and forming a globe ; the centre is hollow. If eaten, 

 the pulp should be carefully cleaned of its dry, pithy fibres, 

 which are bitter. If this be done, it is easy to separate the 

 segments and eat them. The colour of the pulp is reddish- 

 yellow, semi-transparent, and sweet, with little vinosity 

 (sub-acidity). The seeds are rather long, rotund, and solid. 



* Like the petiole of all the suntara type of oranges, it is only just 

 margined. 



t The young branches that probably Rumphius refers to are the long 

 canes given off from the main trunk, or from the thicker branches. 



% In Kandy they have a similar suntara orange, which, they say, 

 does not turn of an orange colour. 





