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THE LIME. 



leaf-stalk. It should be noticed that while the leaf is heart-shaped, 

 one lobe is larger than the other. Before summer has passed the 

 leaves often become sticky and unsightly, and after turning golden 

 for a few days they fall early in the autumn. 



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THE FLOWER AND FRUIT . 



The flower-buds appear about the beginning of June, when the 

 leaves are fully out. The main flower-stalks grow out from the axil 



of the leaf-stalks, as well 

 as from the side of the 

 terminal bud ; they are 

 two or three inches in 

 length, green, slender, and 

 pendent. From the base 

 to nearly to the tip, the 

 flower-stalk is attached to the mid-rib of a yellowish-green bract, 

 of a papery texture and nearly transparent, with clearly marked 

 veins ; the end of the bract, which has a blunt point, is unattached, 

 and curves backward. The main flower-stalk branches at the tip 

 into several (six to eight) secondary stalks, which radiate from it ; 

 they are from half to three-quarters of an inch long, and bear at 

 the tip a round floret-bud, and at the base a pair of tiny colourless 

 stipules, which however fall off before the end of June, when the 

 flowers open. 



Each floret has five long cream-coloured petals, set wide apart, 

 so that between them is seen a white waxen sepal. The cluster of 

 stamens springing from inside the base of each petal have white 

 filaments, exceeding the petals in length, and tipped with yellow 

 anther-sacs. The green ovary in the centre of the flower has a stout 



