? H011TU3 JAIJ.U'':-:'-'"^!. <:tkom'? 



Cl. 13, OR. 'Si.I^oli/adtlphia t'cosandria^ NaT. os..^Bicor77e^. 



Gfn. char. -Pr :' '-ne-leafed, five-cleft, flat at the Ka^e, very sniail, uiihering; 

 corolic. iive-;.' , /utong, Hat, !prea,duig ; , slaaierii, ustiaiiy tweoty tilu-iiicuL-. 



Eubisiate, coni...^;;,;;.:, ertJct, placed ia a ring or cyiinder, uiatod- j^eiieraii' 

 ff>v bunches ; wrdx oliUmtc aadiers ; jhe pii-til n;;3 a superior rotiridish ^enu , 

 cjiinJric,. the length of the stameas ; s /,)u!af, nim;-celled, within; Uie 



pericarp h iiom \;j^!: a iicshy rinJ, ., iiiafi- r.,' n' i --i:c li.-,! : sf;,uls ::x 



COUpii-s, ;:\!!v \ To thii . , _. . 



C:' ': arhor ef riati-J' cJfr'ea, 8Ioane, ". ' '"nir.tti_obIcnrro iinr- 



Joii, .cari'ice ; - ngsOy $apeijicieine:^iialivcsica,lato. ... _, 

 p 30$. . 



Fi-uit with a rowgh-knobbed rinJ. 



This tree, when cultivated, g-. , ; ' ' '.Tteen feet or mor'^ .. awIId'- 



S'aue Keldcni exccecis beven at eigixt. it js piitk.ij, with long reclirjui^ iu:grat;eful 

 "branches. IiidK?ecl, tiie wiiole tree has the iMo.st unseeniiy and straggiing.appeararic-a 

 of any of the species, Tiae leaves, are, ovate^oblong,. alternate, subserrato, smooiii, 

 p:i!e green, thick, having winged foolstaiks. .The flowers are wliite, oddriierou i, 

 on many fiowered term:nating peduncJes. The fruit is very laj-ge,. ob;i>ng-ov\ii, 

 rouijh rinded ; the pulp white, commonly acid, the riad pale yello-\,. ihitk, hardi.NOj 

 cdimferous, irregular. Properly there are two riiuir,, the outer thin, with iiinutiiera- 

 ble miliary glands full of a most fragraiit oii ; die inner tSiick, whitt;,. and luugoHsi 

 ftiie partitions consist of two ve^y thin diaphanous membraoaceous piates, co>ineci.ed at- 

 the'axis, and inserted into thi-ind at the periphery; the ceils are filled with a blad- 

 dery pulp.. In each cell are a few seeds, comraoaiy one or two, soinetmies. three or 

 I f'.;ur. There are two varieties of this, one vvith round, and one with. obiong, fruit - 

 The fruit of the citron is seldonreaten raw, though i.t has an ugretable acid taste ; bat 

 its rind, is well known as apieasant sweetmeat when caadied vvith sugar. The peel put 

 among clothes is said to dnve away m:)thsj and imparts to them a gooo smtd ; if sleep-' 

 cd iu siiiriis gives them an agieeable flavour. According to Labat citron juice and cor-* 

 dials is an antidote to Manchioneal poison. 



In Martyn's Dictionary it. is observed, that the orange sr; n distinguished frorni 



the citron, hme, and lemon, by having winged petioles; which the three last have not.*- 

 Ttiis js a mistake, as ail these plants have tiieir petioles winged, though the wings/are" 

 much smaller than tho.se of the orange kindi A better distnrction is crrtaialy the s-ize,.- 

 shape. atiifl colour of the leaves themselves, as well as the larger size, ^aHd veryOifler- 

 encjiabit, of the orange from any of the lemon kind. 



The kaves of the iuiie are neither t-o large nor so acute pointed as the orange; tbos 

 of the lemon approach still nearer the oval, are of a paler green coioar, and more ser- 

 rated than either j the leaves of the citroa havo winged petioles, and are more serrated 

 thau oran^-e Isavcs. 



* Tiie tiree ksawn, bj the ttune of Frtnch lime it diitiiiguiitbed t:^ esaad saVed jjetUlef. 



