50 FOREST TREES. 



scattered all over the tree. Fruit globular, tlie size 

 of a plum, golden-yellow and very attractive wlien 

 ripe. A sweet smelling oil is prepared from the 

 fruit. Wood yellow, hard, close-grained ; weighing 

 65 lb. per cubic foot. 



114 Atalantia racemosa, W. & A. 



A small tree nearly allied to the above and some- 

 what similar in appearance. 



115 Citrus medica, Linn. Kan. Nimbe, Limbn, 



Madalada, Madayala. 



Tig— Bot. Plates Lal-Bagh Colhction. Or. and 

 Lem. of Ind. and Cey. Bonavia. 



References— Diet. ofEcon. Prod, of India.; Fl. 

 of Brit. Ind. ; Pharm. Ind. 



The citron tree. A small evergreen tree or shrub, 

 according to variety. Flowers numerous, large, 

 white or often tinted reddish. Fruit large, nearly 

 globular, oblong or obovoid; rind thick, often 

 coarsely mamillate or furrowed, turning yellow when 

 ripe. The rind affords an essential oil which is used 

 in medicine and perfumery ; it is also candied and 

 enters largely into confectionery. The leaves and 

 flowers are also oil-producing, while the fruit is used 

 medicinally. There are many varieties of the citron, 

 for an account of which see Dr. Bonavia'a work on 

 the genus Citrus. 



Cultivation.— Operate in rich land, with a suffi- 

 ciency of water and plenty of rotted dung. Under 

 proper treatment the yield of fruit is heavy, but it 

 falls off m proportion to the inferiority of the latter. 

 Grafting IS easily accomplished with sizable seedlings 

 of the different varieties, or upon orange and pumelol 

 stocks. ^ 't 



The citron, lemon, sour, lime and sweet lime, are 

 now looked upon as varieties of a common species 



