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approach. The fruit is larger than that of the foregoing ; 

 about as large as two fists, perfectly spherical, but covered 

 with several large and hard warts, as if they were boils. Its 

 skin, however, does not become of so dark a green as in the 

 foregoing, but paler, and is not so thick and sulphurous, 

 and very firmly adhering to the pulp ; so much so, that it 

 cannot be separated, but must be cut with a knife. The 

 pulp is divided by many, but simple pellicles, which how- 

 ever cannot be separated into segments as in other oranges, 

 nor is its colour so reddish as in the foregoing, but yellowish, 

 semi-transparent, sweeter and more juicy than the foregoing ; 

 hence many prefer it to that. This sweetness, moreover, is 

 not so mixed with that sub-acid (vinoso) flavour, but is more 

 feeble and resembles that of cherries. The seeds are plenti- 

 ful, and larger than in the foregoing, and the centre is not 

 hollow. The Amboinese do not care for, and do not culti- 

 vate this kind, as it does not suit cold hills, but likes a 

 gravelly black soil, mixed with sand, and well exposed to 

 the sun, such as can be made in villages near habitations. 

 By Europeans it is more frequently planted than the pre- 

 ceding, as it grows more quickly, fruits earlier, and is more 

 productive, compared with the foregoing. 



"In Latin it is called Aur. verrucosum ; in Belgian, Zoete 

 Appelen ; in Malay, Lemon Manis Bezaar ; it is also called 

 Lemon Tsjina by the Amboinese, as this is mostly cultivated 

 by the Chinese inhabitants. In Ternate", it is called Siricaya. 

 In China there are two kinds ; one common, which is there 

 called Bit- cam ; that is Limo regius, and the other Seng- 

 cam* The latter is double the size of the common kind, 

 but not so sweet. 



" The variety under consideration is not so common as 

 the foregoing (the loose skinned suntara], it having been 

 brought by the Chinese, and other strangers, to these islands, 

 from elsewhere. 



"It is much eaten raw, and served at table with dessert. 

 On such occasions the skin is removed by a knife, and the 

 pulp cut obliquely, not transversely, into pieces, and the pulp 

 part saved as much as possible, as mostly this orange consists 



* Seng and Cam may have entered into the names of the Indian 

 oranges " sungtara" and "khmala? 



