PLATE CO XXVIII. 



a is the Monserrat true lime of the West Indies. It is taken from the "Botanical Magazine," 

 Tab. 6,745, and called there Citrus medica, var. acida, as given in Sir J. Hooker's 

 Flora Indica. In my opinion, it is a luxuriant variety of the Kaghzi nimboo (Lima 

 tenms) of Amboyn., Plate jCCXXVIL, Fig. , and that of India Fig. b of this Plate. 



b is the common Kaghzi nimboo of India, called also desi, in contradistinction to the other and 

 larger form, the Behari. It is also called bdra masi, owing to its being procurable 

 during the "twelve months" of the year. 



e is section of b. This lime is thin skinned, with an aroma sui generis. The pulp is greenish, 

 and very acid. The flowers are small, white, or slightly tinged purple ; solitary axillary, 

 or in cymes. The young shoots are tinged ochre colour, and the young unexpanded 

 leaves tomentose. The leaves are small, rounded, oval, or lanceolate, with a distinct 

 aroma. The spines given in b are typical. Fruit pale yellow, when ripe ; smooth and 

 foveolate, as shown in b. 



d is an ovoid variety ; e is a typical spring leaf ; and / a well-developed rain leaf. The petiole 

 given in a and b is usually very constant, and occurs in all the true limes I 

 have seen. 



