136 



Lemons at Covent Garden, London, May 26th, 1909, were 

 realizing 8s.-10s. per box of 300, and 9s.-12s. per box of 360 

 (Messina), and 17s.-23s. per case for fruit from Naples (Gard. 

 Chron. May 29th, 1909, p. 356). 



Ref. — "Fructus Limonis," in Pharmacographia, Fliickiger & 

 Hanbury, pp. 114-118 ; " Oleum Limonis," pp. 118-121 (Macmillan 

 & Co., London, 1879).—" Citrus limonum," in Medicinal PI. Bentley 

 & Trimen, No. 51 (Churchill, London, 1880).—" Fifteen years with 

 the Lemon," Garcelon, in Citrus Fruits, part i. pp. 1-17. {See ref. 

 under G. Aurantium). — " Citrus Fruits in Sicily " ; Commerce ; 

 Cultivation ; Extracting Essence and Lemon Juice ; Production ; 

 Packing, &c, in Kew Bull. 1895, pp. 266-271.— " Metford's 

 Lemon," I.e. 1900, pp. 28-29.— "On the Cultivation of Lemons 

 within the Tropics," Dr. Neish, in Journ. Jamaica Agric. Soc. 

 July, 1901, pp. 275-281.— The Brown Rot of the Lemon, Smith, 

 Bull. No. 190, Agric. Kxp. St. Univ. of California, pp. 1-72, 

 illustrated (Supdt. State Printing, Sacramento, 1907). — " Curing 

 the Lemon," in Agric. Journ. Cape of Good Hope, xxxii. 1908, 

 pp. 220-223, with illustrations of Cured and Uncured Lemons ; 

 Curing Sheds and Packing House ; Single Grader Machine, and 

 Fruit Brushing Machines. — See also various references under 

 C. Aurantium and G. Medica var, acida. 



Aegle, Coit. 



Aegle Barteri, Hook./, ex. Oliv. in Ic. PI. t. 2285. 



A small tree. Branches spiny ; spines straight, slender, axillary, 

 shorter than the petioles. Leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets shortly 

 stalked, obovate or elliptic, papery, pellucid-dotted. Racemes 

 1-2-in. long. Stamens 15-20, inserted outside a lobed disc. Ovary 

 8-celled, cells many-ovuled ; stigma subsessile, oblong. Fruit 

 spherical, 3-4 in. in diameter ; pericarp woody J-in. thick. Seeds 

 very numerous, much flattened. 



III.— Hook. I.e. 



Ogbomosha, Abeokuta and Oyo, in W. Prov. S. Nigeria,. 



The hard shell of the fruit is used for making calabashes 

 (Barter, Herb. Kew). 



A shade tree, Ogbomosha (Rowland, Herb. Kew). 



SIMARUBEAE. 

 Hannoa, Planch. 



Hannoa undulata, Planch. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 309. 



III. — Guillem. Perr. Rich. Fl. Senegamb. t. 34 {Simaba ? 

 undulata). 



Vernac. name. — Igbo Lagos, {Dawodu). 



Niger ; Lagos ; Nupe. 



In French Guinea the oleaginous kernel is used by the natives 

 for making soap, and the light white wood for firewood (Pobeguin, 

 Fl. Guin. Franc, p. 47). Used for fever in Lagos (Dawodu, Herb. 

 Kew). 



