PLATE XOII, 



These specimens were purchased from a shop in England. This kind is the shaddock, 

 pummelo, or forbidden fruit of the English markets. The fruiterer said they came from 

 Palestine. They are given for the purpose of comparison. 



a. Skin quite smooth, -with transparent oil-cells of different sizes ; of a pale citrine colour, 

 and from ^ to - an inch thick ; centre solid ; pulp pale, like that of a lemon, sub- 

 acid and sweet, and slightly bitter; seeds many. 



6 is a smaller specimen of the same kind, and of a pyriform shape. 



N.B. The fine large red pummelos of India appear to be unknown in the English 

 markets. They can be carried long distances without spoiling. The thin-skinned, dark red, and 

 juicy pummelo of the Bombay market is the best I have seen. 



It is doubtful whether this shaddock of the English markets is a pummelo proj>er. 

 Gallesio says the Crusaders found the Porno d'Adamo in Palestine, and that it is not the 

 Fompelmoess, the latter being a new citrus introduced from the East Indies. 



