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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



AURANTIACEJE. 



Exogens, with the flowers having the calyx urn-shaped or carn- 

 panulate, somewhat adhering to the disc, three or five-toothed, 

 withering. Petals three to five, broad at the base, sometimes 

 distinct, sometimes slightly combined. Stamens equal in number 

 to the petals, or twice as many or more ; filaments flattened at 

 the base. Ovary free, many-celled ; style one, taper ; stigma 

 slightly divided, thickish. Fruit pulpy. — Trees or shrubs ; leaves 

 alternate, often compound ; natives of the East Indies ; the 

 leaves abound in volatile, fragrant, bitter oil ; the fruit edible. 



CITRUS. (Orange-tree.) 



Gen. Char. (Polyadelpliia Polyandria.) Calyx five-cleft ; petals 

 five, oblong ; anthers twenty, the filaments variously divided ; 

 berry nine-celled. 



The name of this well-known genus is of uncertain de- 

 rivation ; it contains the Orange, Citron, Lemon, Lime, 

 Forbidden Fruit, Shaddock, Mandarin Orange, etc. ; be- 

 sides bearing these useful and agreeable fruits, they are very 

 handsome evergreen trees, with shining, dark-green leaves, 

 and beautiful odoriferous flowers : the wood also is useful. 

 C. Aurantium is the common Orange, and becomes a middle- 

 sized tree, with handsome, oval, and acute leaves ; the fruit 

 globose, with a thin skin and sweet pulp ; the flowers white 



