Citrus aurantium, 
THE GOLDEN-FRUITED ORANGE-TREE 
Synonymes. 
Citrus aurantium, 
Oranger, 
Orangenbaum, 
Oranjeboom, 
Melarancio, 
Naranjo, 
Laranjeira, 
Pomeranez, 
Cay Cam, 
Orange-tree, 
Of Authors. 
France. 
Germany. 
Holland. 
Italy. 
Spain and Spanish America. 
Portugal and Portuguese America. 
Russia. 
Cochin-China. 
Britain and Anglo- America. 
Derivations. The specific name, aurantium, is derived from the Latin aurum, gold, from the colour of the fruit of this tree ; 
and, for the same reason, the English name, orange, is derived from the French word, or, gold. The Spanish, Italian, and Por- 
tuguese appellations are derived from the Arabic, narunj, or more remotely from the Sanscrit, nagrungan, the name of this 
tree. 
Engravings. Risso et Poiteau, Histoire Naturelle des Orangers; Poiteau et Turpin, Traite des Arbres fruitiers de DuHamel; 
Audubon, Birds of America; Catesby, Natural History of Carolina ; and the figures below. 
Specific Characters. Calyx, quinquefid. Petals white, oblong, and 5 in number. Anthers, 20-androus, 
with their filaments grown together, so as to form various pencils. Fruit, a 9 to 12-celled berry, glo- 
bose, or flattened at the ends, with a thin or rough golden-yellow, or tawny rind, and a sweet, or bitter- 
sour pulp. Petioles, winged, sometimes nearly naked. Leaves, oval-oblong, elliptical, acute, or acute- 
crenulate. 
Description. 
" Kennst du das Land ? wo die Citronen bluhn, 
Im dunkeln laub die Gold-Orangen gliihn, 
Ein sanfter Wind vom blauen Himmel weht, 
Die Myrte still und hoch der Lorber steht." 
Goethe. 
s LI 8 vc 
pHE Citrus auran- 
tium, under fa- 
M LI M> vourable circum- 
fl^g/j^yf stances, usually 
attains a height of twenty-five or thirty 
feet, and is graceful in all its parts. The 
trunk is upright, and branches into a regu- 
lar or symmetrical head. The bark of the 
twigs is of a soft and almost translucent 
green, while that of the trunk and older 
branches is of a delicate ash-gray. The 
leaves are moderately large, beautifully 
shaped, of a fine healthy green, and shining 
on the upper sides, while the under sides 
have a slight appearance of down. The 
flowers occur in little clusters on the sides 
of the branches, are pleasing in their form, 
of a delicate white in the sweet oranges, 
and in the more acid varieties slightly tinged 
with pink. In some plants, they have a 
more powerful xlour, and are, for the mo- 
ment, more rich ; but, in the orange-grove, 
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