Citjnis aurantium, 

 THE GOLDEN-FRUITED ORANGE-TREE 



Sijnonymes. 



Citrus aurantium, 



Granger, 



Orangenbaum, 



Oranjeboom, 



Melarancio, 



Naranjo, 



Laranjeira, 



Pomeranez, 



Cay Cam, 



Orange-tree, 



Of AniHORS. 



France. 



Germany. 



Holland. 



Italy. 



Spain and Spanish America. 



Portugal and Portuguese Ajierica. 



Russia. 



Cochin-China. 



Britain and Anglo- America. 



Derivations. The specific name, aurantium, is derived from the Latin aurum, gold, from the colour of the fruit of this tree ; 

 and, for the same reason, the English name, orange, is derived from the French word, or, gold. The Spanish, Italian, and Por- 

 tuguese appellations are derived from the Arabic, narunj, or more remotely from the Sanscrit, nagrutiga/i, the name of this 

 tree. 



Engravings. Risso et Poiteau, Histoire Naturelle des Grangers ; Poiteau et Turpin, Traits des Arbres fruitiers de Du Hamel ; 

 Audubon, Birds of America; Catesby, Natural History of Carolina; and the figures below. 



Specific Characters. Calyx, quinquefid. Petals white, oblong, and 5 in number. Antherae, 20-androus, 

 with their filaments grown together, so as to form various pencils. Fruit, a 9 to r2-celled berry, glo- 

 bose, or flattened at the ends, with a thin or rough golden-yellow, or tawny rind, and a sweet, or bitter- 

 sour pulp. Petioles, winged, sometimes nearly naked. Leaves, oval-oblong, elliptical, acute, or acute- 

 crenulate. 



Description. 



"Kennst du das Land? wo die Citronen bliihn, 

 Im dunkelnlaub die Gold-Orangen gliihn, 

 Ein sanfter Wind vom blauen Hiramel weht, 

 Die Myrte still und hoch der Lorber stehi." 



Goethe. 



I HE Citrus aiiran- 

 ^{ h H M tium, under fa- 

 |)) LI ^ vourablecircum- 

 ._ ^^8 stances, usually 

 attains a height of twenty-five or thirty 

 feet, and is graceful in all its parts. The 

 trunk is upright, and branches into a regu- 

 lar or symmetrical head. The bark of the 

 twigs is of a soft and almost translucent 

 green, while that of the trunk and older 

 branches is of a delicate ash-gray. The 

 leaves are moderately large, beautifully 

 shaped, of a fine healthy green, and shining 

 on the upper sides, while the under sides 

 have a slight appearance of down. The 

 flowers occur in little clusters on the sides 

 of the branches, are pleasing in their form, 

 of a delicate white in the sweet oranges, 

 and in the more acid varieties slightly tinged 

 with pink. In some plants, they have a 

 more powerful odour, and are, for the mo- 

 ment, more rich ; but, in the orange-grove, 



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