GALLEiSIO'S TREATISE ON THE CITRUS FAMILY. 



so thick that it has scarcely any pulp. I shall ; 

 not give the description of all the varieties | 

 spoken of by Ferraris and Volcamerius. They 

 all resemble" this one, and arc marked by the : 

 same traits. 



The poncires are always seedless. I have \ 

 never yet found one in them. 



HYBRIDS NO. XIV. 



Citrus medica limon aurantiata fruetu ovato, croceo. me- 

 dulla dulcissima. 



Lime sucree. 



Limone aranciato : lima dolcissima. 



Limon saccbaratus sive dulris.-hnus : limon zuccherin 

 dolce. (Vole.) 



The sweet lime, or lemon with orange pulp, is 

 a hybrid which has preserved all the traits of the 

 lemon in the leaf and outside of fruit, while the 

 pulp is sweet like the orange. 



This variety is nearly the same as the limon 

 tiaccliaratum coniferum, of VOLC., and the limon 

 liwitanie augustalis dulci medulla, of the same 

 writer. In Liguria a great number of these hy- 

 brids are cultivated, but in passing from one gar- 

 den to another one cannot but observe that by 

 slight changes they have been modified infinitely. 



HYBRIDS NO. XV. 



Citrus medica limon aurantiata fructu parvo, suavissime 

 odorato.vulgo, Bergamotto. 



Lime Bergamotte. 



Limone Bergamotto. 



Limon Bergamotta, aliis auvantium Bergamotta. (Vole.) 



Citrus medica Bergamium : Grander Bergamotte. (Desf ., 

 Tab. d'Ecole de Bot 3 



The bergamot is a plant growing to very little 

 height, and preferring the open air to the espalier. 



Its branches are long and pliant. The leaves, 

 often a little quilled, are based upon a long pe- 

 tiole, often winged like that of the orange, and 

 resemble those of the bitter orange in form and 

 color. Its flower is white, and has twenty stamens, 

 as in the orange. Its fruit is small sometimes 

 with a little nipple or mamelow at the point, and 

 often in the shape of a pear. It yellows at ma- 

 turity, and takes the figure and colo'r of the lemon. 



Its skin, glossy and thin, contains in the vesi- 

 cles with which it is filled, an essential oil, of a 

 sweet and sharp odor, which makes the value of 

 this variety ; its pulp, sharply sour and bitter, is 

 of no use. 



In these characteristics it is easy to recognize 

 a hybrid of the lemon and orange. One finds 

 the first in the fruit ; the second, in the leaves 

 and flowers. 



But the bergamot improves upon these two 

 species by the sweetness of its perfume, which is 

 delicious, and of which the choicest essences are 

 made. Writers upon agriculture have been in 

 doubt as to the origin of this odor, it not being 

 found in the lemon or orange ; and some have ad- 

 vanced the theory that the variety was the pro- 

 duct of a lemon graft upon a bergamot pear, 

 with the fruit of which, however, the odor of this 

 agrume has no connection. But we are now 

 convinced that, with the same principles differ- 

 ently combined, Nature diversifies greatly her 

 products, and, consequently, it is very probable 

 that the combination of the odorous principles 

 of the lemon with those of the orange may give 

 a result still more exquisite than either alone. I 

 have noted this phenomenon in the most of the 

 mixtures of the genus Citrus. 



The citron (A ^Naples, for instance, has cer- 

 tainly an aroma more exquisite than that of 

 either lemon or orange ; and the lime of Florence 

 is a poncire surpassing in odor the common cit- 

 rons. The same may be remarked with regard 

 to the Paradise apple, of which the skin sur- 

 passes in abundance and delicacy that of even 

 the typo of the citrons, or of the citron of the 

 Jews. 



HYBRIDS NO. X.VI. 



Citrus medica limon aurantiata fructu pusillo, glpboso, 

 cortice glabro, tenui, odorato, medulla aeida. gratis-inm. 



Lime de Naples a petit fruit. 



Limonccllo di Napoli. 



Limon pusillus calaber. (Ferr.) 



Limon pusillns calaber: rulnbrNo limone. K'ommelvn. 

 Hesp. Bel-.) 



Limon calaber: limon calabrese, (Vole.) 



The lime of Naples is a small lemon, which 

 takes after the orange, of which it is a hybrid. 

 It docs not attain a great height, and, unlike the 

 lemon, its slight, yellowish branches will not 

 submit to be trained en espalier. 



Its small and deeply-colored leaves have the 

 winged petiole ; the thorn which grows at their 

 axil is so early and so invariable, that it is with 

 great difficulty suitable buds for grafting can be 

 detached. TheJlower is small and entirely white. 

 The fruit smallest of European lemonsis 

 round, having the pistil at its extremity, and a 

 yellowish, smooth, and very thin skin, which is 

 odorous. Its pulp is abundant; its juice acid 

 and agreeable, because of its delicacy and aroma. 

 This is one of the most highly esteemed lemons. 



It has no seeds, but is multiplied by a peculiar 

 kind of grafting, on account of the thorn render- 

 ing it difficult to procure a suitable bud. 



Volcamerius describes two varieties of it ; one 

 very much like this. The first that he calls bal- 

 linus Ilispanicus, ballotin di Spagna, and of which 

 the leaf is narrow and flat ; the fruit yellow, 

 round, and small ; the pulp green ; and juice 

 plentiful, acid, and pleasant is but a variety of 

 lustrato. 



But the second, that he calls limon irritator 

 appetentiiv; limon aguzza appetite, is surely a hy- 

 brid of the bigarade, a true lime, in which the 

 traits of the two species are well based and closely 

 united. 



The flower is small and white; the fruit, about 

 the size of a walnut, is round, and carries the 

 pistil upon its point. It is covered by a red and 

 very thin skin, smelling of musk. The juice is 

 sour, but pleasant. 



ART. III. Of the Biyarade Orange. 



Citrus aurantinm Indicum, flore icosandno, corolla alba, 

 folio petiolo alato, fruetu globoso, aureo, medulla acri et 

 amara. 



Bigaradier; Bigarade. 



Arancio forte : Arancia forte. 



Narendj (orange). (Avicen.) 



Narendj (orange). (Abd-Allatif., in Egyptian and Ara- 

 bian traditions.) 



Orenges : Poma citrina acidi sen pontici saporis. <Vi- 

 triac, in Oriential Hist.) 



Araugias. (Hug. Falc.,116fl.) 



Acripomum : vulgo Arangia. (Nicols., 1069.) 



Arangi : Airange : Orange. (Gloss, of the Roman lau- 

 ige by Roquefort.) 

 lelarancia. (Calvan., 1738.) 



Aranza. (Ib.) 



Citranguli sive Cetroni. (1472.) 



Citruli. (At Savona, 1468.) 



Citroni. (Giust. Hist, of Genoa.) 



Oranges, (Jonan, in .voyage of Chas. IXth to Jerusalem. 



