PLATE L X X I I, 



a is a section of the Madhkakree shown on Plate CLXXI. The oil-cells of the rind are very indistinct 

 in section, although quite otherwise on its exterior surface. The rind is aromatic, but 

 not bitter. The white part of the thick skin is sweet, and resembles the flesh of 

 the Petha (Benincasa cerifera). The juice-vesicles are perfectly white, dry, and sweetish. 

 They are attached only to the circumference part of the carpel. Some are pedicelled, 

 others sessile ; some short and stumpy, others long ; but the majority are of a 

 uniform length, as shown in b. They do not, however, fill the carpel to its central 

 edge. 



c shows a cross view of a carpel with the juice-vesicles seen in section, and a seed at the apex. 



d is the natural size of the seed. This citrus is full of seeds ; in hal/ a carpel there were 

 nine, arranged on each side alternately like peas in a pod, along the line of union, 

 which is a furrow. The seeds are flat and white, when cut. 



