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AURANTIACE.E. 



[Hypogy.nous Exogens. 



Citronworts are almost exclusively found in the East Indies, whence they have in some 

 cases spread over the rest of the tropics. Two or three species are natives of Mada- 

 gascar ; one is described as found wild in the woods of Essequebo ; and Prmce Maxi- 

 milian of Wied Neuwied speaks of a wild Orange of Brazil, called Laranja da terra, which 

 has by no means the delicious refreshing qualities of the cultivated kind, but a mawkish 

 sweet taste. This is called by Martins Citrus Aurantiuni efferata ; but must have been 

 introduced. Limonia laureola is remarkable as the only plant of this family found on 

 the tops of cold and lofty mountains, where it is for some months of the year buried 

 under the snow. The Hill people of India call it Kidar-patri and Kuthar-chara, and 

 fancy that it is by feeding on its leaves that the Musk acquires its peculiar flavour.— 



The wood is universally hard and compact ; the leaves abound in a volatile, fragrant, 

 bitter exciting oil ; the pulp of the fruit is always more or less acid. The Orange, 

 Lemon, Lime, Shaddock, Pompelmoose, Forbidden Fruit, and Citron, Indian fruits, some 

 of which have now become so common in other countries as to give a tropical character 

 to a European dessert, are the most remarkable products of the Order. To this must 

 be added the excellence of their wood, and the fragrance and beauty of their flowers. 

 The fruits just mentioned are not, however, its only produce. The Wampee, a fruit 

 highly esteemed in China and the Indian archipelago, is the produce of Cookia punctata. 

 The berries of Glycosmis citrifolia are delicious ; those of Triphasia are extremely 

 agreeable. The productiveness of the common Orange is enormous. A single tree at 

 St. Michael's has been known to produce 20,000 Oranges fit for packing, exclusively of 

 the damaged fruit and the waste, which may be calculated at one-third more. The juice 

 of the Lime and the Lemon contains a large quantity of citric acid. Oranges contain 

 malic acid. A decoction of the root and bark of ^Egle Marmelos is supposed, on the 

 Malabar coast, to be a sovereign remedy in hypochondriasis, melancholia, and palpita- 

 tion of the heart ; the leaves in decoction are used in asthmatic complaints, and the fruit 

 a little unripe is given in diarrhoea and dysentery. Roxburgh adds, that the Dutch in 

 Ceylon prepare a perfume from the rind ; the fruit is most delicious to the taste, 

 exquisitely fragrant and nutritious, but laxative ; the mucus of the seed is a good cement 

 for some purposes. The leaves of Bergera Konigii are considered by the Hmdoos as 

 stomachic and tonic ; an infusion of them toasted stops vomiting ; the green leaves are 

 used raw in dysentery ; the bark and root internally as stimuli. The young leaves of 

 Feronia elephantum have, when bruised, a most delightful smell, much resembling 

 Anise ; the native practitioners of India consider them stomachic and carminative ; its 

 gum is' very like Gum Arabic. Orange-leaves are sometimes prescribed to hysterical 

 females instead of Tea. Oil of Neroli and Napha water, two delicious perfumes, are 

 distilled from Orange-flowers ; Cedrati, a variety of the Lime, is another perfume m 

 much esteem. See further, RoxjWs Illustrations, p. 129. 



Atalantia, Corr. 

 Triphasia, Lour. 

 Limouia, Linn. 



Winlcrlia, Dennst. 

 Glycosmis, Corr. 

 Sclerostylis, Blum. 

 Rissoa, Am. 



Bergera, Kon. 

 Murra ya , KB < . 



Chaicas, Lour. 



Mariana, f-onn. 

 Cookia, Banner. 



Qninaria, Lour. 



? Aulacia, Lorn-. 



GENERA. 



| A crony chia. Forst. 

 I Clausena, Burnt. 



Micromelum, Ilium. 



Paramignya . Wight. 



Luvunga, Hamilt. 

 Lavanga, Meisn. 



Feronia, Corr. 



JEgle, Corr. 



Ji. lou, Adans. 

 Citrus, Linn. 



Sarcodactylis, Gsertn. 

 Papeda, Hassk. 

 '! Chionotria, Jack. 

 ? Severinia, Tenor. 



Numbers. Gen. 20. Sp. 95. 

 Position. — Amyridaceae. — Aurantiacej-;. — Xanthoxylacese. 



ADDITIONAL GENKRA. 



Casimiroa, Uav. if- Lex. 

 Fagarastrum, 6. Dot I 

 Myaris, PretL J 



Clausena. 



According to Seeman, the fruit of Casimiroa edulis is delicious, but soporific. 

 Voyage of Herald, II. 170. 



