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have from eight to twenty Filaments in every Fh 



ITRUS i. FruBu fpbarico-ovato, punBato, Icevi, minori, acido. 



Malus Aurantia fruBu li moni s pufi I to , &c. Slo. Cat. 2 1 1 . & H. 



The Lime Tree. 



This bufhy fhrub is very common in J 



whe 



is often 



fed for the 



fake of its fru 



d not unfrequently planted for fe 



der twe 



or 



fou 



When it grows 



•teen feet in height, and fpreads greatly 

 often ftunted, and of a fmaller ftature. The bark and 



it is feld om 



about the topj but 



fibres of the root, are excellent ftrengthening aperitives; and found frequently effec- 

 tual in obftinate febrile cafes, as well as in weaknefles and obftruclions of the 



are generally ufed in difcutient baths $ and the juice of the 



vifcera. Th 



fruit, as a principal ingredient in punch 



moft appropriated and agreeable liquor 



be ufed in any country, where the juices are overheated and 

 they generally are in moft people, in thofe 



ferment 





CITRUS 2. FruBu fphterico-ovato, punBato, infipido\ fuperjicie incequaii. 



The fweet Lime or Lemon Tree. 



This tree grows much like the foregoing; but it rifes generally more upright, and 

 bears a fruit which in fize, as well as fcrm, feems to hold a mean between the Lime 

 and the Lemon. The juice is very infipidj but the bark and fibres of the root have 



great deal of that bitter fo peculiar to the Lime 

 Dr. Brady's, in St. Ann 



I have feen fome of thefe 





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CITRUS 3. FruBu ovato acido, fuperjicie iiicequali. 

 Citrus petiolis linearibus. L. Sp. PI. 



Limo arbor, ejufque fruBus Utno, Cord, &c. Slo. Cat. 209. 



The Lemon Tree. 



CITRUS 4. FruBu major i acido ovato, fuperjicie i?2<zqua!i. 



The St. Helena Lemon Tree. 



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This tree was but lately introduced to 'Jamaica'., but it is now cultivated by mofl: 

 people, on account of its large fruit ; one of which frequently yields above half a { .-2 

 pint of juice. 



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CITRUS 5. FruBu fph 



punBato, croceo, acido; cor t ice interior! 



fpongiofo; petiolis alatis. 

 Malus Aurantia vulgaris major, &c. Slo. Cat. 210. &c H. 



The four or Seville Orange Tree. 



ft fpecies grow more bulky and upright than any of the foregoing 



Thefe two 1; 



d the mice of their fi 



which is far more mild than that of lime 



moft efteemed among the 



ally 



d old ftandards, whofe juices begin to chill: 



they are, however, differently received by different people, each praifing moft, what 



in>. 



J S * 



grees beft with his own pal 



The juice of the laft fort 



leaft ufed 



maica 



more mild than any of the reft ; but the rind is much efteemed in b 



ters, and ftomachic wines 



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