PLATE COX I, 



The Siderun of Kandy, Ceylon. 



a, b, and c are u^g of its forms; lemon yellow; pitted all over with large and small depressions; 

 rugose and farrowed at base and apex, with small warty prominences here and there. 

 Otherwise it is fairly smooth. 



b is the section of a. Pulp yellowish white ; juice abundant and pure acid ; juice-cells prettily 

 disposed, like those of the Attdrra nimboo (vide Plate OCX.). They also take root from 

 the sides of the carpels, with short cells at the circumference. This appears allied to 

 the Attdrra of the Central Provinces of India. In Ceylon some pronounce the name 

 Sidrung. Bung, I was told, in Singhalese meant gold. Persons who knew the language 

 thought the name an imported word. Probably it is a modification of the English 

 word citron. In the Kandy market, the sellers call this Siderun, and the citron proper 

 Ndiherun. Others, when asked, reversed the names. 



