While it is believed that the species described in this paper include
most of the more distinctive Philippine citrus fruits, and several
hitherto unknown even to the botanist, they do not by any means
exhaust the Philippine forms of this genus. Several other forms have
been noted, and constitute a part of the citrus collection at Lamao
but are not here referred to, for the reason that the material on
hand is too incomplete to warrant their description at this time.
Acknowledgements.--The writer is greatly indebted to
Mr. E. F. Southwick, superintendent of the demonstration station at
Cebu, for his untiring zeal in repeatedly forwarding sets of citrus
fruits and budwood from Bohol and Cebu, and for his most valuable
assistance during a collection trip made by him and the writer to Cebu
and Bohol in May, 1914, without which it would not have been possible
to obtain much of the data and material collected. All the species
and varieties credited to Bohol were first called to the attention
of the Bureau by Mr. Southwick. Mr. G. W. Weathersbee, formerly
agricultural inspector of this Bureau, first called attention to the
alemow and has also assisted in the collection of citrus material
in Cebu. Mr. A. M. Burton, formerly superintendent of the Trinidad
garden, Benguet, has forwarded fruits and budwood of the cabugao
and other fruits. Mr. D. B. Mackie, entomologist of the Bureau,
first called attention to a variety of alsem in Bontoc of superior
quality. M. G. B. Mead sent the first specimens of Panuban.
DESCRIPTIONS AND COMMENTS.
Citrus aurantium L. Orange.
A tree 7.5 to 12 meters in height, with a compact, conical head; bark
grayish brown; thorns generally present, 12 to 50 millimeters long,
sharp, stout; leaves oval or ovate oblong, 7.5 to 10 centimeters
long, smooth, shining, somewhat lighter below than above, margins
entire, or very slightly serrate; petiole 12 to 25 millimeters
long, slightly winged (occasionally with quite a broad wing);
flowers axillary in clusters of one to six, white, sweet scented,
smaller than those of C. vulgaris; calyx cupped; sepals four to five,
awl-shaped, thick, greenish, persistent; petals usually five, oblong,
25 to 31 millimeters long, thick, fleshy, recurved; stamens twenty
to twenty-five, hypogenous, filaments flattened, united in groups,
shorter than the petals; pistil distinctly divided into stigma, style
and ovary; stigma knob-like; style long and slender; ovary rounded,
10 to 14 loculed; fruit globose to oblate, light orange to reddish;
rind smooth; pulp juicy, subacid; juice sacs spindle shaped, sometimes
larger than those of C. vulgaris; seeds few or many, oblong ovoid,
planoconvex, generally broad, wedged or pointed at the micropylar end,
marked with oblique ridges surrounding one or two plain areas. Native
to China or Cochin China.
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