eons : 109 CITRONWORTS. 
Aurantium Risso.—(Common Sweet Oranges.) Fig. 162. 
eaves ovate-oblong, acute, sometimes serrulate ; petiole more or less 
_ winged ; flowers white ; fruit roundish, occasionally mammose, with the 
cortical vesicles convex. 
abitat. Forests of the 
HimalayasandChina, 
- whence all the genus 
__ hasalsobeen derived. 
Quality. Pulp of fruit 
Sweet, refrigerant ; 
tind aromatic, tonic ; |“ 
leaves bitter and ——~— 
__ aromatic. : ee 
Uses. A grateful fruit ; 
rind and flowers inferior to 
_ those of C. Bigaradia, though 
‘Similar 
a 
2.0. Bigaradia Risso.—(The 
SEVILLE ORANGE.) 
Spiny; leaves elliptical acute ; 
petiole winged ; flowers 
snow-white ; fruit middle- 
sized, roundish, smooth or. 
wrinkled, deep yellow ; 
__ With concave oil-cysts. 
Habitat. Cultivated in the south 
of Euro; 
Quality. Pulp of fruit acid and 
bitter. Rind very bitter ; 
aromatic, tonic, 
Uses. Flowers yield oil of Neroli ; / va 
crushed fruit, boiled in sugar, Wa 
forms Marmalade, Essential 
oil stimulant, and antispasmo- : hi 
_ die ; Orange-flower water chiefly obtained from this. 
- C. Bergamia Risso.—(The Beneamot ORANGE. ermerreapee son 
Branches brittle ; leaves oblong, with a winged petio : a cone’ sale 
pale beneath ; flowers small, white ; fruit pyriform, , 
yellow, with a green subacid firm fragrant pulp. 
Soy os in the south of Europe. 
aity. Rind extremely fragrant. 
Uses. The essential oi. (oil of Bergamot) of both the hai 
employed by perfumers ; rind formed, by violent pressure 
small boxes, 
4. C. Limonum Ri Lemon.) : 
an" onum Risso.—(The ComMoN LEM : ; stags 
Leaves ovate or oblong, usually serrulate, pale green, sets Mh arent ee 
_ flowers middle-sized, red outside ; fruit ore shy xl Ps ae » 
- pale yellow, with the oil-eysts concave ; Tin tolerably : P 
_ Very acid. 
oso Forests of north of India, 
4 uty. . d ha: . a liar ragrance, ce, 
__ agreeably silts, ocbvedsetact, entiecorbatie. 8 
Fig. 162.—Citrus Aurantium. 
162 
and fruit largely 
Sete proper seen ia, into 
bitter, stomachie, and aromatic ; 
