P L A T E DCIX.
C I T R U S M E D I C A, odoratissima.
Bergamot Lemon.
C L A S S XVIIL ORDER IIL
FOLYJDELPHTA ICOSANDRIA. Many Sets of Chives. Threads from
the Calyx or Receptacle.
G E N E R I C CHARACTER
CALYX 5-dentatas. Corolla 5-peta!a. Stamina
20 in cylindrum passim connata, btyliis l.
Bacca 9—12-locularis, pulpa vesiculari.
CUP 5-toothed. Petals five. Stamens about 20,
generally united at the base. Shaft 1. Fruit
g- to ri-celled, the pulp bladdery.
CiTKUs foliis acuniinatis.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
CITRUS with pointed leaves.
CiTKUS medica Linn. Sp. PL Llmon Bergamotta, mkan^e,-. Hesperides. cap. 2(3. tei^. p. 154.
R E F E R E M C E TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. Chives spread open.
3. The seed-bud and pointal.
4. A horizontal section of the fruit.
T K . drawing of this curious S inLÍt^o
Hume informs us, t^,at the plant was •"'^«'^'^¿taLt is^^^^^^^^ the Chevalier Lamarck (in the French
brought it with her f ^ ^ ^ . c e The name Be^^^^^^^ ^^ Th e
Encyclopédie) to come from Bergame .n Italy ^^neie P I' the fruit, but by what method
vak/able perfume cal ed f - n c e f ^ P ürat England, so celebrated for
they extract ' ' a n d spirit in gardening, and annually import,ng so
- m f ~ „w . » „«
ate and ^ Already the last-mentioned genus has been
docks of all kinds, under nis uurus m^a Rumnhius Thunberg, and Loureiro ; and Professor
considerably LanSrck eleven species . and many
Willdenow now enumerates six species 01 uiirus, ^^^
more are probably yet latent m ¡" ^ f C of the labourer has never
opportunity of observing them Th e immense tracts on our
disturbed their repose, that as well as the vast and permanent difnorthern
hemisphere, over ^hieh app es a e naturally =^^1161, ^^^^^^^^^
ferences observed m their fruits pve ^ " ^ h to hope tor ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^
Flora Suecica, that the apple which he "f, pun,ila of the old authors)
which he found in other parts of Sweden ; f ' f , ° f thickets on .he banks of ihe
has already been ' ^ 0 t althor informs us that the appk.
Wolga and Tanais, (see his Hora Kossica, vol. ^ ^ ^ excellent even in their wild state ; while
he found f^ T e t in India our indefatigable
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