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MaritJme Alps ; S. of Cani — Alfo, a town of t!ie ifland onelargeft. Branda z\gzzg snd t\endcr.~V:hcnt}i\s (OvV- 



of Ncgropoiit ; 20 miles S. of Nogropont. flowered feme years lince at Vienna, it anfwered fo ill to 



LIMONES, Grande, a town of the ifland of Cuba ; the charaaer of Limon'ia, in number of parts, that the cc- 



50 miles S. of Hav.inna. lebratcd Jacquin was near making a new genus of it, which 



LIMONEST, a town of France, in the department of he deltined to honour an Englifli bolanifl. There can be no 



the Rhone, and chief place of a canton, in the dillriCt of doubt however that it belongs to Limonia. " Le petit 



Lyons. The place contains 750, and the canton ii,o8y citron doux" of Sonncrat, Voy. to New Guinea, jc. t. 6? 



inhabitants, on a territory of 77^ kiliometres, in 12 com- is made a variety of this by WiUdenow, who, judging by 



"™"^/- _-,-.^ f T- • , J r ^''^ ^g"'"'^' ""^ ^^^ dcfcription, improperly favs it has no- 



• LIMONHE, a town of France, m the department of fpmes. The feffile Laves, and folitary /owo-j, give it a dif- 



the Lot, and chief place of a canton, in the diflrid of ferent appearance. 



Cahors ; i^ miles E. of Cahors. The place contains 1 1 75, Qf tiie unarmed fpecies are 



and the canton 0270 inhabitants, on a territory 01 2fC kilio- t , „ ^- , ■ .■ . . „ 



- '^ ' -'^ l^. prniapbyUa Five-lcavcd Limonia. Retz. Obt fafc. j. 



24. Roxb. Corom. v. i. 60. t. 84. — Spines none. Leaves 

 pinnate ; leaflets elliptical, erlirc, two pair with an odd 

 one. — Native of the Eaft Indies. The foiuers are fmall 

 and white, exquifitely fragrant, in axillary branched cluf- 

 ters. Fruit red, the fize of a currant. Stamens ten, dif- 

 tinft, fpindle-fhaped. 



L. arhoren. Tree Limonia. Roxb. Corom. v. i. 60. 

 t- Sj. — Spines none. Leaves pinnate; leaflets ferrated,- 

 oblong, two pair with an odd one.- From the fame coun- 

 try. The _/owfrj are very numcrcu,';, in branched chillers, . 

 fragrant. Fruit fmall, brown. Sttimens thread-fliaped. 



Li.MONlA, in Geography, an idand in the Mediterranean, 

 about three miles long, and one broad ; fix miles W. of 

 Rhodes. N. lat. 36 27'. E. long. 27^ 22'. On its eaft- 

 ern cuaft is a fmall haven, defended by a Ihoal, on the maro-in 

 of which (lands the only village in the ifland. At fomc 

 dillance from Limonia is Narki, or Karki, anciently Chal- 

 cia, or Chalcis, which feems by feveral ihoals that rife above • 

 the waters to have formerly joined with Limonia. 



LIMONIUM, in Botany, derived, as it appears, from 

 ixiiy, a 7neailozv, (becaufe the plant occupies, to a great 



metres, in i ^ communes. 



LIMONIA, in Botany, in its prefent application, evi- 

 dently alludes to Liinon, the lemon ; the genus which is 

 lo denominated being next akin to Citrus, in charadters, 

 habit, and fenlible qualities. The word therefore can have 

 no reference to the ?.=i;ii'nz of the Greeks, Limonia of the 

 Romans, which is a fpecies of ylnemone, and derives its 

 name from X;iui,.», a meadoiu. — Linn Gen. 215. Schreb. 

 285. WiUd. So. PI. V. 2.571. Mart. Mill. Did. v. 3. 

 Alt. Hon. Kew. ed 2. v. 3. 43. JufT. 261. Lamarck 

 Illuftr. t. 353. Gsrtn. t. 58.— Clafs and order, Decandria 

 Monogynia. Naf. Ord. Aurantia, Juff. 



Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth iufeiior, of one leaf, very fmall, 

 in from three to five, more or lefs deep, fegments, permanent. 

 Cor. Petals from three to five, oblong, obtufe, ereft, fprcad- 

 ing at the fiimmit. Stam. Filanients from fix to ten, awl- 

 fliaoed, erect, (horter than the cu'-olla ; anthers linear, ercft. 

 Fiji. Germen oblong, fuperior ; (tyle cylindrical, the length 

 of the ilamens ; Itigma capitate, flat. Peric. Berry ovate, 

 or nearly globofe, of three cells, with membranous parti- 

 tions. Seeds folitary, ovate. 



Efl". Ch. Calyx in from three to five deep fegments, in 

 ferior. Petals three to five. Berry of three cells, 

 folitary. 



Seeds ^''tent, low trafts of land on the fea-fliore,) is the old 

 name for feveral fpecies of Sea Lavender. (See Statice.) 



Three fpecies of this genus, all tropical fpinous fhrubs, The fame name has been alfo applied to the Red Valerian, 



and mich refe^nbling orange trees in miniature, were known ^° '''^. B"ck-bean, and even to the Pyrola rotundij'olia. The 



to-Linn=eus. Five without fpines, adopted from Forfter, la"er indeed does grow on low fnndy commons in Holland, 



Lamarck and Retzius. are added by Willdenow. Two and near Yarmouth, but hkewife in the molt elevated heathy 



mor» from the Ead Indies, defcribed by Dr. Roxburgh, alp'ne places ; nor, as far as we know, in fcarcely any in 



one with and one without fpines, "are mentioned in Mr. 

 Alton's new edition. 



Examples of the fpinous fpecies are 



L. fmnophylliu Simple-leaved Thorny Limonia. Linn. 

 Mant. 237. Roxb. Corom. v. i. jg. t. 83. (Limones 



termediate ftation ; for what is fo named in books is often 

 P. minor. The coincidence of alpine and maritime plants, ' 

 found in no other fituations, is a curious problem for the- 

 vegetable phyfiologift. 



Li.MONiu.M-Gfl//, in Natural Hijhry, the name of a fpe- 

 pumili zeylanici fylvellre.< ; Bnrm. Zeyl. 143. t. 6,. f. i.) cies of gall or vegetable protuberance, ferving for the lodg- ■ 

 — Leaves fimple. Spines folitary. — Native of the Ealt In- ing of an infefk, affording a very beautiful appearance 

 dies, in the extenfive foreds of the coall of Coromandel, on the plant, and very common in the eallern parts of the 

 where it is called by the natives the Wild Lime. This is a world. 



ftirub QV fmall in:, with alternate, ftalked, ovate, entire, This of the limonium is fingular, in that it is produced 

 sfetufe, evergreen, fliining leaves, full of pelluad dots, as from a butterfly egg, and is inhabited by a true caterpillar. 

 are:hof? of ail tht- rell, and each accompanied by a (harp The butterfly depolits her eggs on feveral parts of the leaves 

 axillary thorn. Tlie_/ZoTOf/-.r are white, in axillaiy ciullers. and ftalks of this plant, and the young caterpillar, as loon; 

 Petals four. Sta.nens ten, united into a firm hemifpherica! as hatched, eats its way through the iurface ; and contiiiu— ||t 

 cup. Berry the lize of a very fmall goofeberry, brownifii, ing to eat when within, Ihs depredations occafion an abun- 

 of tour cells, thickly coated. — Nocwithttanding the mona- dant derivation of juices to the part, by means of which a 

 delphous ftaaaens and fimple leaves, this fpecies has too en- gall, or protuberance, is formed, which is iullained by a 



pedicle, and in all rel'petts relembles a fruit. This i.s of a-- 

 roundilh figure, and by degrees grows to the fize of a nut' 

 meg. It is compufed of leveral coats, or cruils f the ex- 

 terior ones are foft and fpungy, but the interior are harder, 

 and more woody than the galls of the oak. As the gere» 

 rality of other caterpillars feed on the fubllancfi of tlie leaves •• 



tirely the habit of the retl to be leparated from them. 



L. trifoliata. Three-leaved Limonia. Linn. Mant. 237, 



Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 463. Andr. Repof. t. 143 Leaves 



ternate. Spines in pairs. — Native of the Ead Indies. It 

 makes a pretty appearance in the (love, when decorated 

 eitiicr with its white blolToms, which are three-cleft and 



hexandrous, or its fcarlet berries, which are fweet and of trees and plants, this ea'.s only the inllde of its lodgment ; 

 pleafantly acid. The kajett. are ewarginate, the central and nature fo readily lupplies thii defett by new matter, that 



