twenty, the filaments united into several parcels. Berry, ninecelled.

Spe. Char. Petioles, winged. Leaves, accuminated.

This handsome evergreen rises from six to twelve feet in height, sending off many branches, and covered with a greyish bark; the leaves are nearly eliptical, pointed, smooth, entire, of a shining green color, and stand upon strong winged footstalks; the flowers appear during the whole summer, they are large, white, and rise from the smaller branches upon simple and branched peduncles; the calyx is saucer-shaped, and cut at the brim into five small pointed teeth; the petals are five, oblong, white, concave, and beset with small glands; the filaments are about twenty, united at the base in three or more distinct portions, and furnished with yellow anthers, placed vertically; the germen is roundish, supporting a cylindrical style, terminated by a globular stigma; the fruit is so well known that it needs no description.

It is scarcely necessary to observe, that the various species of this genus are among the most beautiful, most fragrant, and most useful of fruit trees. The warmer parts of the temperate zone appear to be the fovorite of the orange; but even between the tropics, they come to great perfection, provided the situation is high enough above the sea. Whether the wild lime in the jungles of