3O2 Appendix. 



Bauhin libr. I, cap. 25, where he comes to the conclusion 

 that the Etzadar in the Sacred Scripture means this fruit, 

 that is, a branch of a particular tree, which the Israelites 

 used to carry about in the feast of the Tabernacles. Hence 

 the Chaldean name of these fruits Extrogin in the singu- 

 lar .?<? and Etrog ; and hence also the Arabic Atrog, from 

 which perhaps the Greeks made K(T%O. The German 

 Jews moreover about the 8th September, in the festival of 

 the Tabernacles, still assemble to beg them from . . . . ? 

 (Marsilia), because they think no fruit more handsome than 

 this Citrus. This is therefore the Malum medicum of Dios- 

 corides ; medicum and persicum of Theophrastus ; K/TOC, or 

 Malum aureum of the Greeks ; Assyricinn of the 

 Athenians ; Hespericum of Pliny, and the ancients. It is 

 different however from the Citrus (Cedrus) of the ancients, 

 about which see libr. 3, cap. de Lingoo, and at its end. 



" This tree is not frequent in these islands, and therefore its 

 use is rare. Here and there, the one or the other variety 

 grows in some plot near habitations. In Banda, it is more 

 frequent, partly in forests, and partly in abandoned gardens, 

 where they had been planted instead of hedges. In Banda, 

 a large species is cultivated in gardens, whence also it came 

 to Amboyna, but in the latter island, it is not so fruitful as 

 in Banda. These Citrons are more plentiful in Java, and 

 mostly on woodlands, as they are also in the Brazils. Every- 

 where however it is a shrub, and not a tree. 



" The thick skins of both kinds are preserved in sugar, but 

 mostly those of the cultivated kind are used. For such a 

 purpose, the outer rind should be scraped off, and then the 

 thick skin should be steeped in water for some days, and 

 then boiled in sugar. Some however are candied, and served 

 as dessert. This is done mostly by Chinese and Europeans, 

 as the Indians are ignorant of this art, and they only make 

 use of its juice as a sauce. 



" A certain variety in Javanese is called Lemon Java, that is 

 Limo Javamis, because there it is supposed to be indigenous. 



" There is yet another kind, which grows slightly taller 

 than the preceding ones. Its leaves are similar, but perhaps 

 a little larger, more acute, with finely serrated edges, and 

 everywhere with many long and sharp spines, so that it can 



