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= fetiion) 4 in n Bengal. The variety called Nimbuke has / 
eaitiue is called Kamla nebu in Bengali; the variety grown 
in the plains has an acid taste, and is called Niérengé. The 
Sanskrit term Karuna nimbu is variously translated by differ- 
ent authorities. Wilson in his Sanskrit Dictionary calls it 
-decumana. Inthe Hortus Bengalensis it is translated 
‘medica, while Drury and other Madras authorities make 
it Citrus limonum, The Sabdakaldruma does not give any 
Synonym or vernacular term for it, so that it is difficult to say 
hat form is really meant. In the vernacular the term Kéruna 
is applied to a variety of Citrus medica (in the Makhzan-el- 
Adwiya it is given as the Hindi for Naranj), Citrus decwmana 
has no Sanskrit name. In the vernacular it is called Batavi 
iebu, from its having been orignally brought from Batavia. 
eesti i is probably the sweet lemon, or possibly the 
citron. Lemon j juice is considered cooling, refrigerant, stoma- 
and useful in dyspepsia, thirst, fever, &c. Fresh lemon — 
‘recommended to be taken in the evening, for the relief ‘i 
epsia with vomiting. It enters into the composition of 
carminative medicines, such as the Hingvashtaka, Sc. _ 
rheumatic affections, such as pleurodynia, sciatica, lumbag®, — 
in the hip joints, &c. Sérangadhara recommends the 
ration of lemon juice with the addition of Yavaksh4ra — 
carbonate of potash) es honey. The root of 
of Citrus acida, called Limpaké, is one of the ere 
ina preparation of Tron called Yakridari lau 
‘ divide the genus Citrus into Utrunj, citrons; : 
es; and Lima, lemons ; they describe two varie- : 
Atron—the large, which is hitting and obtuse at the 
‘the small, both ends ites which taper equally ; 
vand fragrant, but the perfume of the small variety — 
the rind of tole bitter ; the pulp of , ie 
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