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citnts, excites the appetite, stops vomiting, is acidulous, antiseptic, 

 antiscorbutic, and used along with cordials as an antidote to the 

 manchineel ]X)ison ; rind of tlie fruit, citri cortew, aromatic, tonic, 

 yields essence de cedrat ; seeds bitter, vermifuge. — Candied cifron 

 p<'el, cortex citri conditit. Soak the peels in water frequently 

 changed, until their bitterness is exhausted, put them into syrup, 

 imtil they become soft and transparent, then take them out and 

 drain them ; stomachic, and used as a sweetmeat. 



Lemox tree, Citrus medico acida, C. limonum. Fruit, lemorty 

 limonia nudiis, imported from Malaga and Lisbon in chests, each 

 lemon in a separate paper; juice of the fruit more acid than that 

 of the citron ; rind of the fruit, limonum cortex, aromatic, not so 

 hot as orange peel ; yields essence of lemons ; — Candied lemon 



el J cortex limonum condita. Prepared as candied citron peel ; a 



omachic sweet meat. 



Seville orange tree, Aurantium HispalensCy Citrus auran- 



am. Leaves and flowers antispasmodic, cordial, jss to 3j, bis 



rve in die, or in a decoction ; fruit, Seville oranr/e, aurautia 



alus, aurantice hacccc ; imported from Seville ; rind of the fruit, 



aurojitii cortex, bitter, stomachic ; unripe fruit, orange peas, Cu?'asso 



oranges, bacccB aurantice, aurautia Curaslareusia, aurautia Cur as- 



Moventia, used to flavour liqueurs, and for issue peas. — Candied 



nrnnqe peel, cortex aurautiorum condita. IVLide the same way as 



mJied citron peel ; stomachic. 



Orange tree, Aurantium Chinense, Citrus Sinensis. Fruit, 

 reet orange, China orange, sweet; imported from Faro, Lisbon, 

 Port St. Michaers; price very variable; juice of the fruit con- 

 tains a saccharine, as well as an acid matter; mixed with salt is a 

 common purge in the West Indies ; flowers, naphcE, sweet scented, 

 used to make orange-flower water ; are collected every morning 

 in May and June, for thirty miles roimd Paris, from both public 

 and private gardens; buds, aurantioi jlores, that fall from the 

 trees, used to make orange-flower water. — Candied orange flowers. 

 Flares aurantiorum conditi. Orange flowers, fieed from their 

 cups, stamina and pistils, four ounces are put into lb. ij of sugar, 

 boiled to a candy height, and poured on a slab, so as to be formed 

 mto cakes; stomachic, antispasmodic. — Malta orange. Pulp red, 

 juice very sweet. — Kast Indian small clore orange, Chota chia. 

 Kind used to make the best orange marmalade. — />/«;/ Indian 

 country oramfe, Koula. Pulp austere and coarse; rind added in 

 tmall quantity to orange marmalade to give it an agreeable bit- 

 terness. 



Brrgamot orange teek, Bergamot lemmi tree, Citrus medica. 

 l\> rqnmotta, Li won Bergamotta^ C. Vnnetta Bergnmium. Rinds of 

 thf fruit very thick, yield csscik-.c of Bergamotte. 



