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a and b is the Buxa orange (Bhootan), kindly sent at the request of Colonel Rutherford, 33rd 

 Regiment, N.I. It is of the Suntara type, with yellow-orange exterior, and with 

 large distant foveoli, more pronounced in the south half; skin loose, and in every 

 way as good, but not better, than the Slyhet orange. 



c was smaller and smoother, and externally much like the Butwal orange. 



Probably this Bnxa orange may be the " sweet orange " alluded to in De 

 Candolle's Origin of Cultivated Plants, p. 185, where he says, " Turner's expedition 

 gathered 'delicious' wild oranges at Buxadooar, a locality to the N.B. of Rungpur, 

 in the province of Bengal." 



d and e is the Bhootan orange from Gonda, Oudh. It has all the characters of a Suntara, 

 though not baggy ; sub-warty round the apex ; pulp, deep orange, with a good 

 sub-acid and sweet flavour; juice abundant; centre hollow; seeds green, when cut. 

 The skin was closely adherent, but easily separated ; / are its spring leaves, with 

 the Suntara scent. 



This orange came on the 24>th January, and was still green, only tinged with 

 orange. If not a dumrez, it is a good late orange ; or perhaps of a variety similar 

 to the green orange of Kandy. 



