PLATE XII. 



A large and ripe specimen of the Malta Seville Orange of the Lucknow Horticultural 

 Garden. 



a is sub-warty, rough, and of a deep orange colour, like that of the Keonla orange. It is closely 

 foveolate all over. 



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b is the section of the same, showing the thick and very pithy skin. The rind is bitter, 

 aromatic, and pungent, with a fine marmalade flavour. Some of these Sevilles have 

 a rind so full of oil that simply pladiuj one on paper stains it. The pulp is pale 

 orange, and very sour, but not bitter; centre hollow. 



c, d, and e are rain leaves, and /, g, and h spring leaves ; i is the spine I -found on the 

 branch that came with the specimen. Some varieties of the Seville orange have 

 hardly any spines, others have prominent ones. 



NOTE. Seville oranges have usually a large solid centre; this, however, had it hollow, 

 with the central column isolated. (See Appendix, No. 62.) 



