FAM. 09. 79 



Var. Sinensis (dulcist, Comm* n ru.eet orange. Petiole narrowly winged; 



— leaves oblong-ovate, pointed; flowers large; fruit mainly round. 



orange or yellowish; pulp when ripe sweet or slightly acid. 



Cultivated forms according to the time of ripening are: Parson Brown, Ruby, 



Saret. Centennial. Homosassa. M Tardiff or Hart's late, and Lue Gtm Gong; 



the last named being almost frostproof and holding on the tree for longer than a year, 



originated in DeLand. 



d. Leaves large, ovate or ovate-oblong, obtuse, often emarginate; 

 petiole broadly winged; flowers white; pulp pale yellow or red- 

 dish, sweet or acid. ------- c. Decuman* 



Pomelo, or Grape-fruit, is round; — cultivated forms are: Marsh Seedless, 

 Royal, Ellen, Walters, and Foster; the last named is a sport from Walters 

 and has pink pulp. Shaddock is pear-shaped; — not cultivated for market. 



d. Leaves oval or ellipt!cal, small, crenate or serrate; petiole wing- 



margined; flowers small, white or pinkish outside; fruit light- 

 yellow, small, spherical, ovate or elliptical; rind thin, bitter; 

 pulp very sour, somewhat bitter. Very tender, - C. limetta, Lime 

 The Tahiti, nearly seedless, and the Rangpur with reddish pulp are the 

 best. 



e. Petioles scarcely winged; — foliage dense, leaves small, lanceo- 



late, slightly crenate; flowers small, white, in clusters; fruit 

 compressed or pyriform; rind loose; segments loosely ad- 

 herent; pulp sweet. C. nobilis, Mandarin, Ktdglove 

 Cultivated forms are: Mandarin, small, light orange; Tangerine dark 

 orange or reddish; Satsuma, flattened, orange. 

 e. Petioles narrowly wing-margined; — branches smooth, angular; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, slightly serrate; flowers small, soli- 

 tary or in clusters; fruit small; rind sweet, pulp sour. 



C. Japonica, Kumquai 

 Cultivated forms are: Marumi, fruit round;. NMjami, fruit oval or 

 oblong, 

 e. Petioles slightly winged or marginless; — leaves ovate-oblong, 

 crenate or serrate; flowers often reddish outside; fruit yellow, 

 round, ovate or elliptical, mostly mamillate; rind thin, pulp 

 juicy, acid. Lamb and Genoa are best known. C. limonum, Lemon 



99. Meliaceae, Mahogany Family. 



Trees or shrubs with alternate exstipulate leaves, odd- 

 pinnate to thrice-pinnate; flowers in axillary panicles; 

 sepals and petals 3-5, more or less coherent, and the lat- 

 ter sometimes adnate to the stamen tube; stamens 8-10, 

 with filaments united into a tube; ovary 3-5 celled, su- 

 perior; styles united; ovules 2-many in each cavity; fruit 

 a berry, capsule or drupe; seeds winged or wingless. 



1. Ovules many in a cavity; fruit a capsule as large as an orange; seeds 

 winged; — flowers gTeenish yellow. A tall t.11 tree of 



South Florida, - Swietenia, <«ra Redwood 



1. Ovules two in a cavity; fruit a drupe as large as a cherry; seeds wing- 

 less; — flowers white to purple, sepals and petals 5, sometimes 6; 



