yoo 
• 
CITRUS MEDICA. 
LKMON-TREE. 
ST NO NT MA. Limon. Pharm. Lond.& Edinh. Malus medic 
iX 
« 
Bauh. Pin. ft. 435. Gerard. Emac. ft 
Ferrar. He/ft. ft. 56. t. 69. 
Malum citreum. 
1 
vul 
gare. 
146 
Mains citria live medica 
Rati Eijl.ft. 1654. 
Park. Tbeat.ft. 1506. 
Le Citronier. Regnaulu 
Botanique. MuXe» p*>&x* Tbeofthraft. S*f Diofcor. 
acida. Bauh. Pin. ft. 436.. 
/3 Malus Limonia 
Lime-Tree. 
v 
C/^/x Polyadelphia. <W. Icofandria. £/>/. G^tf. Plant. you 
JE^I Goi. Ch. Cal. 5~fidus. ' JWtf 5, oblonga. Anther a. 20, fila- 
mentis connatis in varia corpora. 
Bacca 9-locularis. 
Ch 
C. petiolis linearib 
THIS tree 
much refembL 
1 
qually be 
that of the 
fo th 
at a little diftance they 
orange, which it 
; not eafily to be 
diftinguifhed : the leaves however of the Lemon-tree are commonly 
g 
flightly indented at the edg 
d 
without thofe winged 
appendages at the footftalks, which conftitute the fpecific character of 
the orange : the flowers, which appear moft part of the furnmer, are 
larg 
and the outer fide of the petals have ufually a purplifh tinge 
the other parts of inflorefcence refemble thofe of the orange : the fi 
has 
pi 
ap 
> 
lly of a pale yello 
or 
ftraw 
ally divided into nine cells, containing an extremely acid j 
This tree is a native of the upper parts of Afia, from whence it 
was brought to Greece, and afterwards by Paladius to Italy. 8 Although 
it has been doubted whether Paladius was really the firft cultivator of 
this tree in Italy, yet it is evident it could not have been propagated 
there long before his time, as appears by the writings of Pliny 
nor 
iced by Varro, Cato 
Columella 
Et 
Citrus amid Medos et Perfas imprimis frequens, dein Paladii d 
Italiam tranflata fuit : poftea in Hifpania in wfum devenit, ut nemora & 
pant 
Bauh, Pin. p. 435 
See H'ljl, Nat. I. 12. c. 3 
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After 
