360 Appendix. 



short ; fruit oblong mammillate, of the shape of Carica 

 Papaya (Papita of India, E. B.) ; skin thin, yellowish- 

 green, pulp white, juice acid. 



(NOTE. I don't quite see what has been gained by giving 

 all these kinds of citrus Latin names. They do not appear 

 to diminish, but rather to increase the confusion. E. B.) 



No. 68. 



Regarding Chinese terms of oranges, &c., I asked Prof. 

 Dr. T. de Lacouperie, the Director of the Babylonian and 

 Oriental Record, for some help. He very courteously replied 

 as follows : 



" In Chinese, kinkii (in the south kamkwat), or gold orange, 

 is the ' Citrus Japonica/ 



" Tcheng is the Coolie orange ; Kan (in the south kom), is 

 the Coolie mandarin orange (Citrus nobilis). 



" The Citrus decumana, in Chinese is called yu sku, which 

 name, being extremely old, is most probably the antecedent 

 of the usse, 2tssi, and usok you mention." 



NOTE. In the word cheng we probably have the first half 

 of the name Simtara, or Sengtara. The antiquity of yu shu y 

 the name for pummelo, confirms my suspicion that this huge 

 citrus originated in China, and that this name was probably 

 the parent of the generic nsoh in the Khasia hills, and usse > 

 or ussiy in the Malay archipelago. 



