[502] Gallesio, Traité du Citrus, 1811. 222.
[503] Oribasius accurately describes the citron as a fruit consisting of three parts, namely a central acid pulp, a thick and fleshy zest and an aromatic outer coat.—Medicinalia collecta, lib. i. c. 64.
[504] Ægle, one of the Hesperides.—Marmeloes from the Portuguese marmelo, a quince.—Fig. in Bentley and Trimen, part 11.
[505] In the Botanical Garden of Buitenzorg in Java, three varieties are grown, namely—fructibus oblongis, fructibus subglobosis, and macrocarpa.
[506] We are indebted to Professor Monier Williams of Oxford for pointing out to us many references to Bilva in the Sanskrit writings.
[507] Sirí-phal and Bel are Hindustani names.—See also Flückiger, Documente, 29.
[508] De Indiæ re nat. et med. 1658, lib. vi. c. 8.
[509] Hort. Malab. iii. (1682) tab. 37 (Covalam).
[510] Herb. Amb. i. tab. 81.
[511] Edition 1868, pp. 46 and 441.