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juice is truly specific in the prevention and cure of scurvy; that 
is, its effects are certain, and cannot be explained, for the crys- 
talized acid, and even the rob or inspissated syrup, do not pro- 
duce the same salutary effects. It is given freely mixed with 
water and sugar, and in a short time the symptoms disappear. 
The juice is also a powerful and agreeable antiseptic. Its powers 
are much increased, according to Dr. Wright, by saturating it 
with muriate of soda. This mixture he recommends as possess- 
ing very great efficacy in dissentery, remittent fevers, the belly- 
ache, putrid sore-throat, and as being perfectly specific in dia- 
betes and lienteria. Citric-acid is often used with great success 
for allaying vomiting ; with this intention it is mixed with car- 
bonate of potass, from which it expels the carbonic acid with 
effervescence. This mixture should be drank as soon as it is 
made, or the carbonic acid gas, on which its anti-emetic power 
chiefly depends, may be extricated in the stomach itself, by first 
swallowing the carbonate of potass dissolved in water, and 
drinking immediately afterwards the acid properly sweetened. 
The doses are about a scruple of the carbonate dissolved in 8 or 
10 drachms of water, and an ounce of Lemon-juice, or an equi- 
valent quantity of Citric-acid. Lemon-juice, as well as Lime- 
juice, is also an ingredient in many pleasant refrigerent drinks, 
which are of very great use in allaying febrile heat and thirst. 
Of these the most generally useful is Lemonade, or diluted ` 
Lemon, or Lime-juice sweetened. (Duncan, edinb. disp. p. 309.) 
Median Apple or Citron. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1648. Tree 
8 to 15 feet. 
2 C. Lime’tta (Risso, ann. mus. 20. p. 195. t. 2. f. 1.) pe- 
tioles subalate ; leaves ovate-roundish, serrated ; flowers with 30 
stamens; fruit globose, with a blunt nipple-like protuberance at 
the apex, a firm rind, and sweet pulp. k.G. Native of Asia, 
but cultivated in Italy. C. Médica Limon, Gal. citr. no. 10, 
25-38. Ferr. hesp. t. 230. 395. 233. 321. Corolla white on 
both sides. This is commonly called Sweet Lime or Lemon, 
Bergamotte, Limeta, Peretta, Lima dolce, Lime douce, Limo dilcis, 
-Limétta Bergamétta. A rather tall tree, with diverging branches. 
The corolla is of a fine white colour, and composed of 5 oblong 
petals, which are rounded at the apex, covered with small pores 
full of essential aromatic oil. 
There are also 7 varieties of this enumerated by Risso, which 
are as follows : 
1 Small-fruited Sweet Lime(Engl.). Lemettier petit fruit. Petit 
Lime douce(Fr.), Lima dolce piccola (Ital.), Limeta picouna(Nice), 
Citrus Limétta fructu pumilo (Risso). Fruit small, somewhat 
depressed, crowned, of a yellow-greenish colour, with a very 
smooth rind and sweet pulp. This variety is cultivated in the 
gardens. It differs from the species to which it is analogous, in 
the tree being lower in stature, and in the leaves being more 
toothletted on the edges. 
2 Lemon-formed Sweet Lime (Engl.) Limettier limoniforme 
(Fr.), Limoun douce (Nice), Lima dolce (Ital.), Citrus Liméita 
limoniforme (Risso). Fruit roundish-oblong, copper-coloured, with 
avery sweet pulp. Ferr. l. 3. cx. p. 227. t. 280. Vole. p..159 
and 160. This fine and rare variety has been confounded with 
the common Sweet Lime. From which it differs not only in the 
flowers and leaves, but inthe form of the fruit, as well as in its 
juice and seeds. It is a much larger tree than the preceding 
variety. The calyx is reddish, and the corolla is of a beautiful 
white, bearing from 30 to 45 unequal stamens. The fruit is 
oblong-roundish, terminated by 2 protuberances, with a long 
navel-like protuberance, and the rind is of a dark yellowish- 
saffron colour. The rind is insipid. The pulp has a taste as 
sweet as sugar, and is very agreeable. ‘The seeds are oblong, 
pointed at one end, but blunt at the other. The tree is very rare 
in the gardens. - 
3 Starry Sour Orange (Engl.), Limettier a fruit étoilé. 
Mella Rose (Fr.), Melarosa (Ital.), Melarosa (Nice), Citrus 
Limétta fructu, stellato (Risso). Fruit subrotund, depressed, 
striated, crowned, containing acid pulp. Ferr. hesp. p. 393. t. 
395. Vole. p.190,191. Gal. p. 141. no. 88. This tree is of ordi- 
nary size. The calyx is short. The corolla is small and white, 
with 30 unequal stamens, which sometimes change into lanceo- 
late petals. ‘The fruit is round, of a yellow colour, crowned by 
a small, blunt, nipple-like protuberance ; the rind is thin, adher- 
ing closely to the pulp. ‘The seeds are oval and striped. 
4 Bergamote Lime (Engl.), Lemettier Bergamote, Ber- 
gamote (Fr.), Bergamota (Nice), Bergamoto (Ital.), Citrus 
Limétta Bergamium (Risso). Leaves ovate, acute, toothed ; 
fruit golden, quite smooth, with an acid and bitter pulp. Vole. 
p- 155 and 156. Desf. p. 138. Gal. p. 118. no. 25. The branches 
are spiny. The leaves are large, on long petioles. ‘The flowers 
are white, and have a particular scent, composed of 4 or 5 
petals, with about 26 stamens. The fruit is large and spherical, 
of the form of a pear, terminated by a small nipple-like protu- 
berance ; the rind is thin, of a golden-yellow colour, enclosing 
an acid and equally bitter pulp. The seeds are oblong. 
5 Pear Lemon (Engl.), Limettier Perette (Fr.), Peret- 
ta (Ital.), Pereta (Nice), Citrus Limétta Peréita (Risso). 
Fruit ovate, ribbed lengthwise, very sweet-scented, with an 
acid pulp. Ferr. hesp. p. 231. t. 238. This variety is easily 
distinguished by the fruit being in the form of a pear. The 
branches are straight, and furnished with spines. The leaves 
are oval and rounded, and finely toothletted, on long stalks. 
The flowers are purplish on the outside, containing about 35 
stamens. ‘The fruit is of a fine yellow colour, and is traversed 
longitudinally with stripes, which are not very apparent, and ter- 
minated by a small, sharp, nipple-like protuberance, of an agree- 
able odour ; the rind is thick, and the pulp is acid. 
6 Adam Apple (Engl.), Limettier pomme d'Adam, Pomme 
d’Adam (Fr.), Pomo d'Adamo (Ital.}, Citrus Limétta pomum 
Adami (Risso, l. c.) Leaves ovate-oblong, curled; petioles 
winged ; fruit very large, round, of a greenish-colour, with a 
sweet pulp. Ferr. hesp. p. 317. t. 321. Vole. p. 181, 182. 
Desf. p. 138. Gal. p. 138. This variety will form a distinct spe- 
cies at some future day. The branches are furnished with 
very small spines, and are traversed longitudinally with white 
stripes. The leaves are oval-oblong, waved at the margins, of a 
dark-green colour, with broad winged petioles. The flowers 
are white, and contain about 40 stamens. Fruit with a thick 
rind and sweet but equally bitter and acid pulp. The varieties 
of this kind are called Lumes. 
7 Rose Sweet Lime (Engl.), Limettier Pomme rose (Fr.), Mello 
rosa (Ital.), Poum roso (Nice), Citrus Limétta pomum rose 
(Risso). Fruit roundish-oblong, usually pear-shaped, rough, of a 
pale-copper colour, very sweet-scented, with an acid pulp. Ferr. 
hesp. 231. t. 233. The branches of this variety are brittle and 
spiny. The leaves are oval, toothletted, on long petioles, of a 
dark-green colour. The flowers are few in number, white, of 5 
oblong petals, and about 30 stamens. The fruit is roundish- 
oblong, but often pear-shaped, of a saffron-yellow colour ; the 
rind is thick, hard, and of a very agreeable smell ; the pulp is 
divided into 10 cells, which contain acid juice. ‘The seeds are 
less numerous than in the other varieties. 
8 Limeira embiguda of Brazil. The fruit # large and glo- 
bular, and terminated by a large protuberance. The rind is thin 
and the flesh very sweet. They cultivate at Bahia a second 
variety of this orange under the name of Limeira de Persia ; 
it has a very large fruit, and is also terminated by a point; the 
inside of the rind is bitter, and outside smooth. The pulp is 
very sweet. 
Sweet Lime and Lumy FI. May, July. Clt. 1648. Tree 8 to 
15 feet. 
