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THE SHADDOCK. 



Citrus aurantium, var. Decumana, Willd. 



SEEDLINGS. Hypocotyl very short, subterranean. 



Cotyledons subterranean, and remaining in the seed till they decay, oblong- 

 elliptic, obtuse, plano-convex, fleshy, sessile, and both directed to one side, 



Fruiting branch of Shaddock (Citrus decumana) reduced. 



greenish-yellow above, yellowish beneath, somewhat falcate, 13 mm. long and 

 6 mm. wide. 



Stem, soon becoming woody, covered with a short, very fine pubescence ; 

 first internode 55.5 cm. long; the one to three following' ones suppressed, or 

 from two to four of the leaves on the same level ; succeeding ones again 

 elongated. 



Leaves as in C. aurantium. 



