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SELECT PLANTS READILY ELIGIBLE 



Citrus nohilis, Loureiro. The Mandarin-Orange. The thin peel 

 separates most readily from the deliciously flavoured sweet 

 pulp. There are large and small fruited Mandarin Oranges; 

 the Tangerine variety is one of them. 



Citrus Australasica, F. von Mueller. 



Coast-forests of extra-tropic East Australia. A shi^ubby 

 species, with oblong or almost cylindrical fruits of lemon-like 

 taste, measuring two to foiu' inches in length. They are 

 thus very much larger than those of Atalantia glauca of the 

 coast and the desert-interior of tropic Australia, which are also 

 of similar taste. These plants are entered together with 

 the following on this list, merely to draw attention to them, 

 as likely capable of improvement of their fruit through culture. 



Citrus Japonica, Thunberg. 



The Kumquat of Japan. A shrubby Citrus with fi-uits of the 

 size of a gooseberry, from which on accoimt of their sweet 

 peel and acid pulp an excellent preserve can be prepared. 



Citrus medica, Linne.* 



The Citron (in the widest sense of the word). Indigenous to 

 Southern Asia. For convenience's sake it is placed here as 

 distinct from the preceding species. As prominent varieties 

 of the Citrus medica may be distinguished : — 



Citrus Cedra, Gallesio. The real Citron. From the acid tuber- 

 cular fruit essential oil and citric acid can be obtained, irre- 

 spective of the ordinary culinary use of the fruit. A large 

 variety with thick rind furnishes candied the Citrionate or 

 Succade. The Cedra Oil comes from a particular variety. 



Citrus Limonium, Risso. The Real Lemon, From the fruit of 

 this is largely pressed the Lemon-juice, while the thin smooth 

 aromatic peel serves for the production of volatile oil or for 

 condiments. The juice of this fruit is particularly rich in 

 citric acid. A large variety is the Rosaline Lemon. 



Citrus Lumia, Risso. The Sweet Lemon, including the Pear- 

 Lemon with large pear-shaped fruit. Rind thick and pale; 

 pulp not acid. This variety serves for particular condiments. 



Citrus Limetta, Risso. The real Lime. The best lime-juice is 

 obtained from this variety, of which the Perette constitutes a 

 form. 



Citrus Planchoni, F. von Mueller. {C. Australis, Planchon, 

 partly.) 



Forests near the coast of sub-tropic East Australia. A noble 

 tree, fully 40 feet high, with globular fruits about the size of 

 a walnut, called Native Oranges. The sjDecies has first 

 appeared under the above name in the ^' Report on the Vege- 

 table Products of the Intercolonial Exliibition of 1867." 



