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&. MEDicA. IVilld. Petioles linear, without wings; leaves oval, acuminate, subserrate. 



Vulf;o— Lemon tree- 



Fl. Last of March, and after. Fr. mat. 



JIab. Greenhouses, and Parlours, &c. 4 to 10 feet high: flowers purplish white. Nat Asia. 



Obs. This tender shrub is cultivated with considerable success, by some curious persons,-sO as to pro- 

 duce fine fruit. It is usually inoculated upon an orange stock. It appears to flower at different seasons, 

 even when full of fruit,-which latter is a long time in arriving at maturity. Many of the flowers are 

 abortive, having the style short, and the stigma imperfect. The Lime, so much used in making punch, is 

 considered a variety of this. 



C. AURAN'TiuM. JVilld- Petioles winged; leaves oval, acuffiinate, obsoletely serrulate. 

 Fu/g-o— Orange tree. 



Fl. At various seasons. Pr. mat. 



Hab. Greenhouses, and Parlours, &c. 5 to S or more feet high: flowers white. Nat. India, &c. 



Obs. This does not succeed so well as the preceding; and is consequently not «« ^^^^"^"^'^"^"P!^^^^ 

 The two species are readily distinguished by the petioles, and not eas, y by any other maik, w..en noi lu 

 fruit. In both, the leaf is connected with the peiiule by a sort of articulation- 



ORSER, PEHTAGYNIA. 



35. NIG ELLA. Gen. PI. 935. 

 [Lat. Niger, black; in reference to the color of the seeds.] 

 Cal. 0. Cor. petals 5. Nectaries 5, 3 cleft, within the corolla. Caps. 5, connected. 

 N. 6ATIVA. fF/»£i. Leaves pinnatifid,subpiIose; capsules muricate, roundish. 

 Fdt'^o— Nutmeg-phnt. Small Fennel-flower. 



Fl. Latter end of June, and after. Fr. mat. August, and after. 



^(i6. Gardens. Annual. 9 to 15 inches high: flowers bluish white. iVaJ. Egypt, &c: 



06s. Occasionally cultivated for its spicy, aromatic seeds; the flavor of which bears some resemblance 

 to that of the Nutmeg- 



CLASS XIL CALYCANDRIA. 



ORDER, mOlf OGYNIA. 



36. RISES- Gen. PL 390. 

 [An ancient Arabian name, of uncertain meaning.] 



Cal. superior, 5 cleft. Cor. petals -5, small. Stam. 5. Stylehm. Berry many seeded. 

 R. RUBRUM. n'illd. Leaves obtusely 5 lobed; racemes glabrous, nodding; flowers flat. 

 Vulgo — Red Currant. 



Fl. Middle of April. F>'. mat. Latter end of June. 



Hab. Gardens. 2 to 4 feet high: flowers yellowish green; fruit red. Nat. North of Sweden. 



Ohs This slender shrub is to be found in almost every garden: and every good housewife knows how to 

 make tarts and domestic wine, and also to pre;,ave a line jelly, from its fruit. I have also, occasionally, aeea 

 the loMte variety,— "/rttctw marganlis siimii." 



R. NIGRUM. IVilld. Leaves punctate beneath; flowers oblong; bractes shojter than the pedicels. 



Vulgo— Black Currant. 



Fl. Middle of April. Fr mat. Beginning of July. 



Ifab. Gardens. 3 to 5 feet high: flowers yellowish green; fruit black. Nat. Sweden, &c. 



Obs. The fruit of this is not highly esteemed, and the plant is but rarely cultivated. 



f^-^The R. AvnKUM, Nitt. and P/i. or Missouri Currant, as it is called.-which is chiefly adrasre(5 

 for Tiie beauty, and spicy fragrance of its flovvers.-proauces a dark purple fruity but httle mterjor to the 

 laaimon black «urrant, in quality, and larger i.a s!?-e. 



