RANG* HORTUS JAMAICENSI9* 3 



them on account of the strong disagreeable smell and taste they communicate to the 

 breath; which may be remedied, by eating a few raw parsley leaves immediately aftec^ 

 which will effectually overcome the scent, and cause them to sit more easy on the 

 stomach. 



See Eschalot and Oa^uc. 



ONOBRYCHIS See F'tEN'CII HONEYSUCKl.fr 



OtuvfiA Sec Indian Fig. 



ORANGE. CITRUS: 



Cl; 18, OR. 3. Polyadelphiaicosandria. Nat. OR. Bicorr.tSi 

 GEN. ciiar. See Citron, p. 196. 



AURANTIUW. ORANGE.- 



Petioles winged ; leaves acuminate. 



Of this there are two varieties, whieh grow plentifully in every pnrt of' Jamaica. 



1. China Orange. Mai us aurantia sinensis. Sloane, v. 2, p. 181. 

 Fvuctu sphcei rico, punctato, croceo, duici ; petiolis a/atis. Browne, 

 p. i09. 



This is a middle sized tree, evergreen, with a greenish-brown bark, and prickVy 

 branches, which shoot out upwards into a roundish head ; leaves broad-lanceolate, al- 

 most quite entire, smooth, dark shining green, standing on. winged petioles; pedun- 

 cles many- flowered, terminating. Corolla white; stamens twenty, connected into 

 several parcels. Berry sub-globular, Matted, of a golden colour, shining, odoroofc, 

 three inches in diameter, divided within into about nine cells, filled with a bladdery 

 pulp, having a sweet-acid juice in it ; rind fleshy, of a middling thickness*- covered 

 with a pellicle, which is- somewhat biting and bitter to the taste. This description, from 

 Loureiro, is particularly applicable to the common China orange, of which there are 

 several varieties. The agreeable juice of the orange has been found efficacious in 

 scurvy. When Commodore Anson sailed round the world, his men were sarprisin ;iy 

 recovered from that disorder, by the oranges they found in the island of Tinian. Tins 

 fruit varies much in appearance and flavour in different situations, owing most probably 

 to the- soil; they thrive best in a brick mould soil, and in the Red Hills of St. John's, 

 which seem particularly congenial to all the orange kindt Mr. Long mentions he bas 

 seen fruit from a brick mould so exquisitely sweetj- that when it was ripe, the whole 

 rind was covered by a saccharine farina. There is no doubt that in Jamaica they mi da 

 be brought to the utmost perfection, were proper care taken to improve them by graft- 

 ing or transplanting.- . 



2. Seville Orange. Mains aurantia vulgaris major. Sloane, v. 2, 

 p. 179. h'ructu sphcerico, punctato, croceo, acido ; cortice interiors 

 spongioso; petiolis alat is. Browne, p. 303. 



The Seville orange differs but little in appearance from that of the China, but is 



nior; 



