I.JMP n'ORTUb' JAMAIC EN-SIS. 01 



TAnVIPLORA. SM.\LLFt.O\VERKD. 



. niiavinus joliis biixeis minimis conjertim nascenfii::s, sp/nis hmgis 

 armata. Sloane, \'.'2, p. 100, 1.207, f. I. 



'Tube of the corolla fouivconiered, q.bbreviii,ted ; berries rounciibij. 



This is a'vvGody shrub, covered with a smoQt'i greenish Iwrk ; leaves in rltisfera of 

 three ami four, -niaii, of the ounsistencc of bo.-:-leaves, smoolli, grcc;-;, narrow at the 

 beginning, Ijroati towards the end, where they are roundish. From among '.lie leaves 

 issue two spines, longer than them, green and sharp ; among them also comes tho 

 fiower, succeeded by u corouated berry. Slcanc, 



Lni-\-B.E.v-: A'e K.s^v'ey-Beaxs. 



LIME AND LEMON TREES. CITRUS. 



Cl. 18, on. 3, Poltjadclphia icosandria. 'NaT. ou. Bicorv.cs,- * 



"S0Ey. CHAR. j'ee Citron, p.^ 19C. 



LIMOX. LEMON. 



Livto aPbor, ejusq : fntctus limo. Sloanc, v. C, p. 173. Friicti, 

 ova'to acido, superfii'ie inequal. Browne, p. 303. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, sub-serrate. 

 This tree, in a wild state, grows ten to fifteen feet high, with a ci-ooked, knotty, ir- 

 cegular, stem, and many crooked, diffused, pricklj-, branches; the leaves are ovatc- 

 lanccolate, serrate, standing on winged petioles, from five to six inches long, and from 

 tis-o to two and a half broad. Flowers few together, on tcnninatiug peduncles, of a pure 

 white colour. The fruii is rough, oval, ami grows to a considerable size, with a pro- 

 minence at top. It is a hardy plant, and makes good fences, but far inferior for that 

 purpose to the lime, as being of a larger growth, the stems drop their leaves ami 

 branches, and, in old fences, leave many openings; the lime being of a more shrubby 

 nature, and having a denser foliage, if properly trimmed, makes so close a fence to the 

 very ground, that the smallest animals cannot pass through. Besides the common 

 lemon, the St. Helena lemon-tree has also been generally cultivated in Jamaica, on ac- 

 count of the largeness of its fruit, and great quantity of its juice ; which also seems to 

 be of a milder nature than that of the other. 



LIMA. LLME. 



Mains aurantia, fructu limonis pHsiilo, acicHssimo. Sloane, v. 2, p, 



182. Fructu sp/ierico oialn, punctalo, Levi, viinorj, acido. . 



Browne, p. 308. 



"This bushy tree does not grow to any greatiieight, and is generally used for making 



fences, for which it is admirably adapted, by its thick and beautiful foliage, as well as 



tlie prickly nature of its stem and branches. The leaves are ovate-acuminate, serrate, 



not so large hut of a much darker green than those of the lemon ; they stand on winged 



petioles. The flowers grow three or four together, the petals white, anthers yellow; 



Igteijiina twenty in several parcels. The berry is generally about an inch and a. half in 



M 111 iH Z diametQy'^ 



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