NAT. ORDER. 



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CITRUS AURANTIUM. ORANGE TREE. 



Class XVIII. PoLYADELPHiA. Order II. Polyandria. 



Gen. Char. Calyx, five cleft. Petals, five, oblong. Anthers, 

 twenty, the filaments united into several parcels. Berry, mnc- 

 celled. 



Spe. Char. Petioles, winged. Leaves, accuminated. 



This handsome evers:reeti rises from six to twelve feet in height 

 sending ofF many branches, and covered with a greyish bark ; the 

 leaves are nearly eliptical, pointed, smooth, entire, of a shining green 

 color, and stand upon strong winged footstalks; the Jloivers appear 

 during the whole summer, they are large, white, and rise from the 

 smaller branches upon simple and branched peduncles ; the calyx is 

 .saucer-shaped, and cut at the brim into five small pointed teeth ; the 

 petals are five, oblong, white, concave, and beset with small glands; 

 thejilamenfs are about twenty, united at the base in three or more 

 distinct portions, and furnished with yellow anthers, placed verti- 

 cally ; the germen is roundish, supporting a cylindrical style, termi- 

 nated by a globular stigma; the J ruit is so well known that it needs 

 no description. 



It is scarcely necessary to observe, that the various species of 

 this genus are among the most beautiful, most fragrant, and most 

 useful of fruit trees. The warmer parts of the temperate zone 

 appear to be the fovoritc of the orange; but even between the tro- 

 pics, they come to great perfection, provided the situation is iiiyh 

 enough above the .sea. Whether the wild lime in the junglfs of 



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