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Citrus sent by Mr. H. B. Webster, B.C.S. He states he found a thicket of these lemon 

 trees growing wild in a heavy tree jungle in the Tarai, near Bareni, N.W.P. He said the 

 thicket was 10 or 12 feet high, and the trees had 2-inch spines, so that his elephant refused to 

 face it. There were several ripe lemons, but, owing to the spines, only one could be reached. 

 He had never met with wild lemons before. He said the leaves were large, broad, and glossy; 

 he had collected some, but lost them. 



a and b show the shape of this citrus. Externally deep lemon yellow, quite smooth, with trans- 

 parent oil-cells of various sizes, neither concave nor convex. In section the oil-cells 

 were indistinct; skin sweet, with lemon aroma; pithy part yellowish- white ; pulp pale, 

 transparent, yellowish; juice abundant and very sour, with a sui generis flavour. 

 Afterwards, through the directions of Mr. Webster, Mr. MacDonald, C.S., of Moradabad, 

 kindly obtained for me the leaves of this wild lemon. It is situated in the Bazpur 

 tehsil. They are shown in c, d t and e. They appeared to be rain leaves, lemon 

 scented, with a yellow naked petiole, having only two ridges oa its upper side. They 

 had a coarse surface, and were more like citron leaves. The flowers were large and 

 tinged with red, and the young shoots were green. The young unexpanded leaves 

 had scattered hairs on their midribs. / is the spine I found on the branches. 



