PLATE XLVIII. 



Malta round orange, from Etawali (frequently but wrongly called Sylhet orange). 



There is a notion among natives that this orange is better and more juicy 

 when plucked in its green state in October. This notion may have arisen from 

 some varieties becoming, either from quality of soil or want of cultivation, dry and 

 juiceless if left too long on the tree. 



a and 6. A fully grown but unripe specimen, with foveoli close to each other. Surface 

 chagrined, with the usual miliary eminences ; pulp orange, juice very abundant, sweet 

 and sub-acid. From each half of this orange I squeezed a full wine-glass of juice. 



c and d are leaves taken from the same branch of the round orange. 



t and / are leaves taken from the same branch of the egg-orange. Both show the small 

 spine, which is rather characteristic of this type of orange. 



