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making theriac, Balm of Carmel (Melisse de Carmes), and antiscor- 

 butic syrup. 1 It has been used like the root as a febrifuge. Sweet and 

 bitter syrup of orange-peel are excellent stomachics ; they are often 

 taken as vehicles of ioduret of potassium, and other drugs. These 

 rinds were formerly considered as strengthening, and even aphro- 

 disiac ; they enter into the composition of various liqueurs, such as 

 curacoa, and different perfumes, such as essence of Portugal. The 

 young fruits of the orange tree, or Chiaois, are bitter, and prepared 

 with sugar and spirits. Feronia and JEyle are considered in India 

 and the neighbouring countries as powerful astringent drugs. At 

 Malabar, JE. Marmelos" is a kind of panacea. An infusion of its 

 leaves is said to cure bronchitis and asthma; when pulverized 

 they are a remedy for palpitations, melancholy, hypochondria ; 

 and the green fruits cure diarrhoea, dysentery, and cholera. The 

 seeds, mixed in cement, give great firmness to buildings. The 

 fruit is said to be excellent; a beautiful yellow dye is prepared 

 from it, and an exquisite perfume is extracted from the pericarp. 

 Murraya Koeniyii 3 is also a drug much esteemed in the treatment 

 of affections of the digestive tube, especially in dysentery. An in- 

 fusion of its leaves is prescribed for sickness, and stomach complaints. 

 When reduced to powder they are, like the bark, administered 

 as a tonic and stimulant ; when fresh, they are served at table, and 

 often enter into the composition of curries. Murraya exotica* is 

 astringent and stimulant ; its flowers are used in India in dyeing 

 black. They give by distillation a perfumed essence. In Feronia 

 elephantum? the bruised leaf has a smell of aniseed, very agreeable, 

 and much prized by the Indians. From its trunk flows a gum of 

 fine quality. Essences of Neroli, extracted from the flowers of the 

 Lemon tree, or more usually from those of certain Orange trees, are 



cording to the opinion of Guibourt (Drog. DC, Prodr., i. 537, n. 1. — Roxb., PI. Coro- 



Simpl., ed. 6, iii. 621), although it is generally mand., ii. t. 112. — Wight & Arn., Prodr., i. 



wrongly named C. medica. 94. — Lindi., Fl. Med., 161. — H. Bn., Aurant., 



1 The essence extracted enters into the 54 ; in Diet. Eneyl. So. Med., ix. 127. 

 manufacture of Eau de Cologne and several 4 L., Mantiss., 563. — DC, Prodr., i. 537. — 

 other perfumes. H. Bn., Aurant., 37. — Chalcas japonica Lour., 



2 Corr., in Trans. Linn. Soc, v. 222. — Ft. Cochinch., 332. — Marsus buxifolia Sonner., 

 Roxb., PI. Coromand., ii. t. 143 ; Fl. Ind., ii. Voy., ii. t. 139. 



579. — DC, Prodr., i. 538. — Lindl., FL Med., 5 Corr., in Trams. Linn. Soe., v. 221. — Roxb., 



162.— H. Bn., Aurant., 54, in Diet. Enc. Sc. PI. Coromand., ii. t. 141. — DC, Prodr., i. 53S. 



Med., ii. 45. — Rosenth., op. cit., 757. — Cra- — Endl., Enchirid., 549. — Rosenth., op. cit., 



tceva Marmelos L., Spec., 637. — Feronia pel- 757. — Lindl., Fl. Med., 161. — H. B»., 



lucida Roth, Nov. Spec.^ 384 (vulg. BiLca Aurant., 54. — Cratava Valanga Kcen. (Vulg. 



Mahura, Bael of the Indians). Elephant Apple, Wood Apple, Capitlha). 



3 Bergera Koenigii L., Mantiss., 565. — 



