plenty of flesh on the single stone. The flavour of the fruit is 
somewhat like that of a cherry with a trace of raspberry. It grows 
readily from seed, but here at least is not a heavy cropper. It 
fruits, however, nearly all the year round. 
RUTACE/E. 
This order contains the oranges, limes and pumelos, belonging 
to the genus Citrus, the lime berry, Triphasia, L. 
Citrus decumana, L. The Pumelo, Shaddock, Forbidden Fruit. — 
A big tree usually larger than most other species, easily known 
by its large fruits, and the usually broad triangular wing on the 
leafstalk, and large flowers. There are several varieties of this 
fruit. The commonest form is white fleshed, and this is, as a rule, 
the best flavoured, A pink fleshed one is also commonly cultivated 
which is often equally sweet and well flavoured. The Bali Pumelo 
is a smaller plant, fruiting when comparatively small tree. The 
fruit is globular and white fleshed. It is a very floriferous variety 
and is worth cultivating for- its sweet scented flowers alone. The 
fruit however is excellent. 
The Pumelo grows well all over the Peninsula, especially in 
good low lying soil, but its fruits are very liable to attacks of the 
pumelo moth. The rind of the pumelo is highly valued by natives 
for making candied peel, being dried cut up small and boiled in 
sugar. 
Citrus limonum var acida. The Sour Lime.— Is cultivated in 
most parts of the Peninsula, but by no means as much as it should 
be considering the importance of the fruit to health in the tropics. 
It will grow almost anywhere and fruits very heavily. The fruit is 
globular or oblong about 2 inches through, smooth green or yellow 
when kept. It is used for making drinks, ices, etc. and practically 
plays here the part of the Lemon in Europe. It can be grown from 
cuttings or seed. 
Ihe common and best variety is the Limau Ni pis of the Malays. 
Other varieties are Limau Kasturi, a small plant, the leaves 
smaller and a little narrower, the fruit quite globular about an inch 
through, smooth and shining, turning yellow as it ripens. It is 
very acid and is used chiefly for pickling. 
Limau Susu is a low straggling hush with large white flowers, 
about as big as those of a pumelo, a thorny stem and elliptic blunt 
leaves, three inches long with a short not winged petiole. The 
fruit is as large as a lemon, oblong or globular oblong beaked, the 
rind tolerably thick. It is chiefly used for washing clothes but can 
also be pickled. 
There are also forms of this with very large long fruits as big 
as a pumelo as well as quite round ones. It is possible that this 
15 ^ cu,tlvat ed form of the pumelo, but its habit is totally different. 
I he Lemon has been successfully grown in the Gardens of 
Malacca, Penang and Singapore up to an altitude of 1,500 feet. 
The tiees all fruited, and produced excellent lemons, but they were 
attacked by the pumelo moth in many cases and spoiled. The tree 
is not however so hardy as the lime, and seems to be more particu- 
