PLATE C C X X V . 



Lima of Ceylon, or Kudalu drhi (Leech lime or Caffre lime). This is not eaten, bat is 

 used for washing the hair, and for rubbing on the feet and legs, as an antidote against land- 

 leeches. 



a and b are the outline and section of the Lima ; c is a smaller specimen ; both were unripe, 

 and very warty, the warts being studded with foveoli. The riud is thick, with an 

 aromatic, resinous scent, and a bitter acrid taste. The essential oil contains a 

 gamboge-yellow pigment, which permanently stains paper yellow. Pulp greenish, and 

 juice-vesicles small; seeds greenish, when cut; pulp sour, and of a very unpleasant 

 flavour. A riper specimen I got at Colombo had greenish pulp with small vesicles; 

 juice very sour, with a sui generis aroma, not unlike that of the Kaghzi nimboo. The 



rind had a very unpleasant acrid taste and resinous scent. Dr. -Trimen's foreman 

 said it is sometimes larger than this specimen. 



d and ? are fully-developed rain leaves; dark green, thick, and leathery, with their edges 

 slightly turned backwards; the oil-glands of the leaf-blade and petiole wings are of 

 various sizes, as also on their edges. They have no special aroma. The petiole 

 wings are sometimes almost as large as the leaflet, or larger, and both glabrous. 



/ and g are spring leaves. The flowers are small, slightly tinged red, either male or bi-sexual, 

 and often with four petals, with either separate or partially-united stamen-filaments. 



k are the spines of the lima. 



h and i are Urn* leaves, with small petiole wings; j is a well- developed leaf of the Ceylon Kaghzi 

 nimboo, or lime, with a large petiole, given for comparison. The small leaves of the 



