Atalantia citrioides

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 Atalantia citrioides subsp. var.  
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Atalantia citrioides, Pierre. A small tree native to Indo-China, usually spiny, having glabrous emarginate oval Lvs. 2-3½ in. long (Fig. 432): calyx cup- shaped, not split to the base; stamens connate, forming a tube; ovary usually 3- or 4-celled: fr. resembles a small orange about ¾ in. diam., with a roughened glandular skin ; cells filled with pulp- vesicles and contain usually a single seed about ⅜ in. long (Fig. 433). 111. H. Lecomte FI. gen. de l'Indo- Chine, Vol. I, pl. 24, fig. C. 5, 6.—This interesting species is native to Cochin China and Cambodia and has recently been intro. into this country, where it will be tested as a stock and for breeding purposes. Its close relationship to Citrus is shown by the fact that it grows well when grafted on grapefruit.


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