51 CITRUS AURANTIUM 



as the Noble or Mandarin Orange, and the Tangerine Orange. 

 So prolific is the orange tree that one plant will sometimes produce 

 as many as 20,000 oranges. 



Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii, p. 544 ; Pharmacographia, pp. 113 and 

 115; U. S. Disp., by W. & B., pp. 157 and 1039; Per. Mat. 

 Med., by B. & R., p. 913. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE. 



Drawn from a specimen grown at Kew. 



1. A branch with flowers and fruit. 



2. Pistil with the petals and half the stamens removed. 



3. Vertical section of ovary. 



4. A petal. 



5. Transverse section of fruit. 



6. A seed. 



7. Section of same showing the raphe. 



(2 and 3 enlarged.) 



