several trees, eight or ten feet high, grow at Oakbank, Mount Pleasant,
&c., and occasional plants of the dark-red and single red
varieties also exist.—Hab. China and Japan. The double-pink
variety seeds.
Thea, Linn.
103. T . c h in e n s i s , Linn.—Tea Plant. One or two plants only
at Plantation, Oakbank, West Lodge, &c. Alt. 3'8 to 4 '8 ; seeds
well. Bot. Mag. 998.—Hab. China.
22: A u k a n t i a c e j ® (Orange Family).
Cookia, Sonner.
104. C. p u n c t a t a , Betz.—The Wampee of the Chinese, mentioned
by Boxburgh as growing in the Island.—Hab. China.
Citrus, Linn.
105. C. L im o n um , Bisso.—Two varieties of the Lemon, the
Sweet and the Sour, occur. Formerly the Island was quite
a Lemon garden, producing fruit in perfection, but now visitors,
and mariners after long sea voyages, look for them in vain. The
trees growing old, their roots penetrated through the upper soil
to the. rock, and no new ones were planted, so that about
ten years ago Lemons became a scarce article. The tree once
grew plentifully in such places as Lemon Yalley, Lemon Tree
Gut, &c., where now scarcely a vestige of one is to be seen. A replanting
of this valuable and handsome tree has, however, been
recently commenced, and promises success. I t grows to ten
feet in height, equally well at alt. 1 to 4. Introduced in 1718.—
Hab. Asia.
106. C. L im e t t a , Bisso.—The Lime, once so abundant, suffered
the same fate as the Lemon, and I doubt if a Lime can now be obtained
in the Island. A replanting of trees, however, with proper
treatment and care, is, I believe, all that is requisite to re-establish
it, notwithstanding the blight which attacks the leaves of all the
young plants of this genus. This blight assumes the form of a black
deposit over the surface of the leaves, causing many of them to become
knotty, crumpled, and sickly in appearance.—Hab. Asia.
107. C. A u r a n t i u m , Linn.—The Sweet Orange grows and fruits