Flora Medica

AURANTIACEa:.319. C. Limonum Risso arm. mus. xx. 201. DC. prodr.i. 539. (The Lemon.)Leaves ovate-oblong, usually serrulated, pale green, with a wingedstalk. Flowers middle-sized, purple externally. Fruit oblong, veryuneven, now and then almost round, with a pale yellow rind. Cysts inthe rind concave. Pulp juicy, very acid. Juice of the fruit yieldscitric acid ; when properly diluted and slightly sweetened it is a mostagreeable and refreshing beverage. The essential oil of the rind isrecommended by Mr. Foote as a stimulant in various inflammations ofthe eye. Med. hot. trans. 1834. p. 79. The peel itself is aromatic andstomachic; but it does not agree with all stomachs.SPONDIACE^:.Nat. syst.ed. 2. p. 106.SPONDIAS.Flowers sometimes unisexual. Calyx 5-cleft, coloured. Petals5, oblong, spreading, somewhat valvate. Stamens 10, insertedon a crenated glandular disk. Styles 5, distant. Drupe crownedby the points left by the styles with a 5-celled fibrous nut.;Seeds by abortion solitary, without albumen ;embryo straight,cotyledons fleshy;radicle inferior. Trees with the leavesunequally pinnated, rarely simple. Racemes axillary, simpleor panicled.320. S. Mangifera Pers. syn.L509. DC. prodr.ii. 75. Roxb.fl. ind. ii. 451. Sp. amara Lam. diet. iv. 245. Mangifera pinnataLinn, suppl. 56. Amarataca As. res. iv. 284. AmbalamRheede i. t. 50. Mountains of Coromandel.Trunk straight, 1-2 feet in diameter. Bark smooth, ash-coloured,astringent. Branches nearly horizontal. Leaves alternate about theextremities of the branches, pinnate with an odd one, 12-20 incheslong. Leaflets about 5 pairs, opposite, oval, pointed, entire, smooth,veined ;3-6 inches long, 2-2| broad ; petioles round, smooth. Stipules0. Panicles terminal, very large, diffuse and thin. Flowers verynumerous, small, white, mostly barren, though no male flower (apparentlyso) is to be found. Calyx small, 5-toothed. Petals 5, oblong,spreading. Disk a large, fleshy, notched ring surrounding the ovary.Filaments 10, subulate, alternately shorter, incurved, scarcely half thelength of the petals ; anthers small. Ovary ovate, 5-celled, with 1pendulous ovule in each cell ; styles 5, short, erect, distant. Stigmassimple. Drupe oval, fleshy, smooth, the size of a pullet's egg ;whenripe, yellow. Nut oblong, woody, very hard, outwardly fibrous,5-celled, but seldom more than 1, 2 or 3 of the cells produce seed.Trunk when wounded yields large quantities of a mild insipid gum,exactly like gum Arabic. Roxb. 164