THE Citron or yellow Myrobalans, are Fruit which grow in several Parts of the Indies, especially about Batacala and Goa, upon Trees whose Leaves are of the Shape represented in the Cut of them. When these Fruit are ripe, they are of the Figure or Likeness of the Mirabel Plum, enclosing a Stone, which yields a Kernel like the white Pine. The Indians candy this Fruit while it is green, as we do Plums, and they serve to loosen or relax the Bowels. The Portuguese and Dutch bring us this Fruit thus candied for the same Purpose; but the greatest Quantity is brought us dry, which the Apothecaries keep for several Galenical Compositions, after the Stone is broke. Chuse your Citron Myrobalans of a reddish yellow, long, well fed, heavy, and hard to break, of an astringent disagreeable Taste; and beware of being impos'd upon by any of the other four Sorts, to wit, the Indian, Chebulick, Emblick, or Bellerick.