130 ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BOTANY OF [ Hypericinee. 
India to: the southern: shores of Europe, and find a congenial elimate in the equable and 
temperate climate: of the Azores. In confirmation. of their being natives of India, it 
may be adduced, that the Asiatie names of the orange are, in Sanscrit, Nagrunga ; 
Hind. Narungee; Arab. Narunj; and of the lemon, Sans. Nimbooka ; Beng. neeboo ; 
Hind. neemoo, leemoo, leemboo. It is further worthy of notice, that the Persian and 
Arabian authors do not, as is their wont, give any Greek synonyme of either, but of the 
citron, which is supposed to have, been, known to the Remans; they say that 
MAT SSK \inmwale 8 the Yoonanee, and; atrogha: \,\\ the Syrian name, neither of which 
haye I been able, to trace. The Sanscrit name of the citron is, Beejapoora, the. Arabic 
ooturuj, and) the Persian toorun). a the latter it is also known. in, the northern, proviness 
of India., 
Limonia, laureola, figured: by Dx.Wallich (Pi. As. Rar. t. 246), 3 is octane: as the 
only: plant, of this family, found, on, the tops of cold and lefty mountains, where: iti is 
for. some months of the; year buried, under the snow. The, Hill people call it kidar- 
patri and kuthar-chaya,.and fancy that, it is by feeding: on its: leaves that the musk 
acquires its, peculiag flavour. As. the leaves. are highly fragrant, they are, like others 
of a. similar kind, employed: in, the religious ceremonies: of the inhabitants of the: hills. 
The wood: of many. of the orange: tribe;is hard, compact, and durable; that: of Feronia 
clephantum attains a considerable size, and a gum exudes from the! tree. Most of this: 
family abound in stimulant essential oil: the pulp of the fruit of many is sweet, and of 
others acid, yielding abundance, of citric: acids, In:addition to those commonly known 
as, yielding; edible fruit, the Chinese wampee;, Coohia punctata, may be’ mentioned, as 
well as Aigle marmelos and, Feronia elephantum, Glycosmis. citrifolia, Triphasia, trifoliata, 
and Limonia, pentaphylia, The astringent rind of the fruit.of gle marmelos, bel of the 
Hindoos,. is. used in. dyeing yellow, while the glutinous and tenacious, matter which. 
summounds, the seeds is considered, an: excellent. addition, to: mortar, especially in well- 
building. Bergera Kanigii is. cultivated: near villages,. as its leaves are: considered: in 
the, northern, as in the southern provinces; a pleasant addition to curries and other 
dishes in; use among the natives of India. 
32, HYPERICINES. 
This order is of very extensive distribution, particularly with respect to the genus 
Hypericum, which is found in most parts of the world. In the Himalayas, where about 
fifteen species have been discovered, it is met with at very different elevations, as well as 
on the: mountains of the Peninsula. Hf cernuum, Roxb. (HZ. speciosum, Wall.) of which 
the seeds were originally procured by General’ Hardwicke in the neighbourhood of 
Hurdwar and Sireenuggur, is very nearly allied to H.chinense. It is met with in 
Nepal-and: Kemaon, and in the hills above the Deyra Doon, at 3,000 feet of elevation, 
where the ‘heat is’ considerable at the hottest’ time of the year; while the species’ 
H. uralum, elodeoides, and lysimachioides, are found on the tops of the mountains; the last 
only’ on the highest, as Kedarkanta, with H. Japonicum and perforatum, where the snow 
covers the soil for nearly six months in the year. The last, found in most parts of the 
world, 
