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13. ATTEANTIACEiE . 
Nat. de l’Eur. M6rid. i. 442. — Shr. per. Mad. reg. 1, cult. ■£. 
In a few gardens in and about Funchal. FI. and fr. irregularly 
throughout the year. — The Madeiran form or var. is a low irre- 
gularly growing tree or shr. from 5 to 10 ft. high, with no very 
distinct st. or head, and straggling short thick straight, but 
somewhat stunted, branches. L. dark-gr. stiff and coriaceous, 
of the form and size of those of the common Guava ( Psidium py- 
riferum L.) or Cherry Laurel ( Primus Lauro-cerasus L.) ; con- 
stantly very different from those of any other of its genus. FI. 
like those of the Lemon, but many in a cluster. Fr. pale y. large 
neither umbonate nor mamillate but with the style usually per- 
sistent; its rind very thick and fragrant, sometimes rugged, 
generally smooth and even, with very little slightly acid pulp. 
— Madeira is justly famous for the excellence and cheapness of 
its candied citron. 
ttt2. C. Limonium L. 
Arboreous armed or thorny ; branches lax or diffuse elongate ; 
petioles slightly winged or marginate ; 1. ovate-oblong acumi- 
nate or acute toothed; young shoots and fl.-buds purplish or 
violet ; fl. solitary or only 2-3 together ; fr. mostly oblong or 
oval rarely globose, always more or less umbonate or mamil- 
late; rind hard and often thick; pulp pale. — C. Limonum and 
C. Limetta DC. i. 539. C. Limonium and C. Limetta Presl 
184 and 187. — The principal Mad. var. are : 
a. vulgaris ; Engl. Lemon ; Port. Limao (the tree, Limoeira) ; 
Fr. Citron ; Ital. Limone ; Sicil. Lumiuni ; Germ. Limonie. 
A tree 20-30 ft. high with long loosely spreading branches ; 
foliage rather light gr. ; 1. acuminate ; fr. rather large umbonate 
pale y. with a thickish often roughish rind and very acid pulp. 
— C. Limonum DC. 1. c. ; Ivisso i. 423. C. Limonium Presl 
1. c. — Tr. per. Mad. reg. 1, 2, cult. ccc. In gardens about 
Funchal, &c., everywhere below 2000 ft. Fl, and fr. Oct.- 
May. 
/3. dulcis ; Engl. Sweet Lemon ; Port. Limao docc, Lima , Lima 
de cheiro ; Sicil. Lumiuni duci. 
A small tree or shr. ; fr. globose mamillated, pale y. ; rind 
thin, pulp sweet insipid. — C. medica var. 2, Brot. ii. 281. 
C. Limetta DC. 1. c. C. Limetta a. dulcis Presl 187. C. linn in 
Risso Hist. i. 414. — Small tr. or shr. per. Mad. reg. 1, cult. rr. 
In a few gardens about Funchal. Fl. and fr. Oct.-May. — 
Ilabit altogether of a, and with similar petioles and fl., but with 
1. acute, not acuminate. Fr. pale y. size of an ordinary orange, 
the knob or nipple at top surrounded by a flat or hollow space. 
Rind smelling more or less like Bergamot (Monarda Jistu- 
losa L.). 
