So far as observed, the amongpong, amontay and the calo-oy are not
sufficiently distinct from the cabuyao to entitle them even to rank
as subspecies.
The various forms above referred to are in the Bureau of Agriculture
citrus collection at Lamao, represented as follows: Cabuyao, No. 739
(Lamao); copahan, No. 2570, 4835 (Bohol); amongpong, No. 2496, 4831
(Bohol); calo-oy, No. 4822 (Bohol); amontay, No. 2501, 4830 (Bohol).
Citrus histrix var. boholensis. Canci.
(Pls. IVa, Va.)
A small tree, rarely exceeding 4 meters in height, with compact
crown and small, sharp spines; leaves 9 to 12 centimeters long,
30 to 45 millimeters broad, ovate to elliptical ovate, crenulate,
coriaceous; base broadly acute; apex acute to acuminate; petioles
35 to 45 millimeters long, 25 to 30 millimeters wide, wing area less
than one-half of leaf area; flowers 2 to 6 in compact axillary cymes;
petals white, with purplish tinge outside; stamens 20 to 23, equal,
free; ovary quite large, oblate; locules 11 to 14; style short,
distinct; stigma knob like; fruit 39 millimeters long, 46 millimeters
in transverse diameter, oblate, smooth, lemon yellow; oil cells
numerous, uniform, raised; skin medium thick; pulp quite juicy with
very pronounced acidity; juice cells short, plump, and granular;
seeds many, wedge shaped, monoembryonic; cotyledons supraterraneous.
The canci is found in cultivation in Bohol and is rather rare. Flowers
were collected in May, and ripe fruits have been examined in
January. The fruit is eaten with fish by the Filipinos, but is really
so little grown that it has no economic importance. The fruit makes
a fairly good ade.
While the canci undoubtedly belongs to C. histrix yet an examination of
its parts shows that it is very distinct from that species as already
described. In the leaves, the comparatively short petioles with small,
cuneiform wings, as compared with the oblong-spatulate, broad-winged
petioles in the cabuyao, etc., is very noticeable; the stamens are
20 to 23 only in the canci, while the locules are 11 to 14, and the
fruit is shorter than broad unlike that in C. histrix. Everything
considered the plant is apparently an intermediate type between
C. histrix and C. webberii.
B. A. No. 2525, 4824 (Bohol).
Citrus histrix var. torosa Blanco. Colobot.
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