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cluce the Ladanum grow upon dry 

 fandy Hillocks ; and that he ob- 

 ferved feveral Country -fellows in 

 their Shirts and Drawers, that were 

 brufhing the Shrubs with their 

 Whips ; the Straps whereof, by be^ 

 ing drawn over the Leaves of the 

 Plant, licked up a fort of odorife- 

 roubBalfam fucking upon the Leaves, 

 which he fuppofes to be Part of the 

 nutritious Juice of the Plant, which 

 exudes through the Pores of the 

 Leaves, where it remains like a 

 fattifh Dew, in mining Drops as 

 clear as Turpentine. 



When the Whips are fufTiciently 

 laden with this Greafe, they take a 

 Knife, and lcrape it clean off the 

 Straps, and make it up into a Mafs 

 of Cakes of different Sizes : this is 

 what comes to us under the Name 

 of Lado.num or Labdamim. A Man 

 that is diligent, will gather three 

 Pounds two Ounces per Day, or 

 more, which they fell for a Crown 

 on the Spot. This work is rather 

 unpleafant than laborious; becaufe 

 it muff be done in the hotteft Time 

 of the Day, and in the greater! 

 Calm. And yet the pureft Ladanum 

 is not free from Filth ; becaufe the 

 Winds of the preceding Days have 

 blown Duff upon thefe Shrubs, 

 which, by the glewy Subftance up- 

 on the Surfaces of the Leaves, is 

 thereby detained, and mixed there- 

 with. But to add Weight to this 

 Drug, they knead it up with a very 

 fineblackifh Sand, which is found 

 in thofe Parts ; as if Nature herfeif 

 was minded to teach them how to 

 adulterate this Commodity. It is 

 no ea(y thing to difcover this Cheat, 

 when the fand has been well blended 

 with the Ladavum: in order to 

 which you muff chew it for fome 

 time, to findwhether it crackles be- 

 tween the Teeth ; and if it doth, 

 you mutt £rft diflblve it, and then 



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Itrain it, in order to purify away 

 what has been added to it. 



CITREUM, The Citron-tree. 

 The Charaders are ; 



It hath broad jl iff Leaves like thoje 

 of the Laurel, hut without any Ap- 

 pendix ( as hath the Orange) : the 

 Flowers confijl of many Leaves, which 

 expand in form of a Rofe: the Cup of 

 the Flower is flender and fifffy, and 

 is divided into five Segments at the 

 'lop : the Piflil of the Flower becomes 

 an oblong, thick, flrfky Fruit, which 

 is divided into many Cells, is very full 

 of Juice, and contains feveral hard 

 Seeds. 



The Species ire ; 



1. Citreum vulgar c. Tourn. The 

 common or ordinary Citron. 



2. Citreum dulci medulla. Tourn. 

 The fweet Citron. 



3 . Citreum magno fruclu.. Tourn. 

 The large Citron. 



4. Citrioides, vulgo Citratum 

 Florentinum, fruclu magno plerumqus 

 turbinate, "leevi ac fuavi medulla, cor- 

 tice odoratiffmo ,foliis longioribus citro, 

 Hort. Piff. Florentine Citron, with 

 large fweet Fruit, of a fweet- fmell- 

 ing Rind, and long Leaves. 



5. Citrioides, feu Citratum 

 Florentinum, fruclu mucronato Cff re- 

 curvo, cor tice verrucofo odor at iff mo. 

 Hort. Piff. Florentine Citron, with 

 a pointed Fruit, which is recurved, 

 and a warted fweet- fmelling Rind. 



6. Citrioides, feu Citratum 

 Florentinum, fruclu minori, fere re* 

 tundo, acriori medulla, cor tice odor a- 

 tiffimo Hort. Piff. Florentine Citron, 

 with a fmall roundim Fruit, with a 

 fliarp Tafle, and fweet-fmellingRind. 



7. Citrioides, feu Citratum 

 Florentine odoratiffimum, fruclu pro- 

 lifero. Hort. Piff. Sweet-fmeliing 

 Florentine Citron, with Fruit com- 

 ing out of each other. 



There are feveral other Varieties 

 of this Fruit, with which the Englijb 

 Gardens 



