PLATE XVII. 



These are citrus leaves sent to me by Mr. John Payne, from some forest near Devikulam; 

 in South India. He says 'a and b were taken from a tree at the edge of the jungle, and therefore 

 this particular tree, from seeing the light, was in a flourishing condition ; while c and d were 

 taken from trees in the middle of the jungle, and were therefore shaded by other trees, and 

 less luxuriant. He said orange-trees of the thickness of a thick walking-stick were common 

 in those jungles; they were growing in a wild state. All these leaves, although somewhat 

 dry, had the characteristic scent of the Seville orange leaf, and their shape quite corresponds to 

 that of the Ceylon Seville leaf. Dr. Trimen, in his Systematic Catalogue of Plants Indigenous 

 to or Growing Wild in Ceylon, does not mention any kind of citrus. 



