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G. P. W. Collection. PLATE XL 



Citrus NobUis. 



MANDARIN ORANGE. 



This small tree or thornless shrub with its dense foliage is a 

 native of Cochin-China, and fine specimens of this tree, with 

 its golden fruit in season, can be found in many gardens about 

 Honolulu, especially those of the Chinese. Its leaves are lanceo- 

 late, its petioles short. Flowers are white and fragrant. The 

 fruit is compressed-spherical, apex depressed, a ridge about the 

 stem. The thin peel is greenish-yellow, baggy, and separates 

 readily from the sections. Pulp generally dry, sweet, juice scant, 

 fruit containing many seeds. The characteristic odor of the 

 leaves, twigs and fruit of all varieties of the jMandarin orange 

 iS' easily recognizable. 



