PLATE L V I. 



This is the " Poonchee Jambole " (or small pummelo) of Kandy, Ceylon. Some 

 call it " Amool-dodan," or sour orange. 



a, b, and c. When ripe the exterior is of a deep lemon-yellow, pitted all over with foveoli, 

 the intermediate spaces being filled with smaller oil-cells. If it were orange 

 coloured it might be easily taken for a thick-skinned Malta orange, although the 

 skin can be separated more easily than in the latter. The exterior of b is a 

 little coarser than a. c is the section of a. The pithy part of the skin has a 

 lemon-yellow blush. The pulp is pale yellowish, like that of a lemon. The juice- 

 vesicles are large, and the juice is abundant, and of a pleasant sub-acid flavour, 

 without sweetness. The seeds are like those of the pummelo, large and rugose. 



e and d are rain leaves, and / and g spring leaves. The majority have a decidedly winged 

 petiole like e and d, but I found nothing to approach the large wings of a pum- 

 melo leaf. They had no special aroma, and their scent approached those of the 

 Malta orange. On tapping the fruit with the fingers it gave the sound of a pum- 

 melo, on account of the thick, spongy skin. I saw a basket full of this citrus, 

 and they all had the colour, average size, and shape of those given. I look upon 

 it as a yellow variety of the Malta orange. The smaller of the spines h supports 

 this view, as also the scent of the leaves. 



