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double-flowered Seville Oranges are only remarkable for their flowers, which are very ornamental. The Myrtle- 
leaved Orange never grows to be a tree, but is generally a very small shrub. The leaves closely resemble those 
of the broad-leaved Myrtle ; the flowers are small, white, and very numerous; and the fruit, which is also very 
small, is full of a very bitter acid juice. The species was introduced in 1595, and its culture is the same as that 
of the Sweet Orange. 
7.—CITRUS DECUMANA Zin. THE SHADDOCK. 
Eneravinc.—Noveau Duhamel, vol. vii., t. 38. emarginate, pubescent beneath. Petioles with broad cordate wings, 
Speciric Cuaracter.— Branches prickly. Lcaves oval, obtuse, | Fruit large, with a red or white pulp. Stamens thirty. (@ Don.) 
Description, &c.—This species is a native of China and Japan, and as in the latter country it is called 
Pampelmoes, this name has been corrupted by the French into Pampelmouse. ‘The fruit is very large and 
round, being frequently ten or fourteen pounds in weight ; the rind is very thick, and of a greenish-yellow tinge ; 
the pulp is generally white, and the juice acid. ‘The fruit takes its popular English name from Captain Shaddock, 
who first took it from China to the West Indies, and it is only good for preserving. The plant is rather more 
tender than most of the other species of the genus Citrus. 
GENUS II. 
MURRAYA Ken. THE MURRAYA. 
Lin, Syst. DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Cuaracter.— Calyx five-parted. Corolla campanulate, | roundish anthers. Fruit baccate, sometimes two-celled, but usually 
five-petaled. Stamens ten, with lincar, awl-shaped filaments, and | one-celled. Seeds pendulous, with a thick woolly covering. (G. Don.) 
Descrietion, &c.—The plants belonging to this genus are trees, with pinnate leaves and white sweet-scented 
flowers. The fruit is eatable, but not particularly agreeable. The genus is named in honour of Professor Murray, a, 
German botanist, a pupil of Linnzus, and editor of some of his works. There are three species, two of which 
have been introduced. 
1.—MURRAYA EXOTICA Lin. THE ASH-LEAVED MURRAYA, OR CHINESE BOX TREE. 
Synonymes.—Chalcas paniculata Howtt.; C. japonensis Lown. ; Excravinc.—Bot. Reg., t. 434, 
C. cammuneng Burm.; Marsana buxifolia Sonn. ; Camuniuni Seeciric Cuaracter.—Leaves alternate, pinnate ; leaflets five or 
japonense Rumph. seven, oblique, obovate-oblong. Corymbs terminal, globose, crowded. 
Description, &c.—This species, in England, is generally a small shrubby plant, if kept in a pot, or a tolerably 
large handsome shrub if planted in the open ground in a conservatory ; but in the East Indies it takes the form 
of a small tree, with a pale ash-coloured bark. It is not a native of the East Indies, but was brought originally 
from China to the coast of Coromandel. The plant was introduced into England in 1771, and it proves a most 
desirable evergreen for either the conservatory or the greenhouse. ‘The flowers are of a beautiful opaque snow- 
white hue, and they are delightfully fragrant. The leaves are of a very dark and yet bright green, resembling 
those of the common box, whence the plant takes its name; and the fruit, which is about the size of a large pea, 
has a leathery rind, and resembles a small orange. ‘The tree is a great favourite with the Chinese, and is 
cultivated in almost all their gardens. 


