THE CLASSICAL PLANTS OF SICILY. 101 
CLASS I. DICOTYLEDONES. 
RANUNCULACE.E. 
l. ArnaGENE cirrhosa, Pers. (Clematis cirrosa, Sibth.) Ten- 
driled Atragene.—F!. Gree. vol. vi. t. 517.— Bot. Mag. vol. 
xxvii. 4. 1070. KAyuwariric. Diosc. lib. ii. cap. 182. according 
to Dr. Sibthorp.— Common in the south of Sicily; creeping 
up trees and hedges. 
2. Anemone coronaria—Large-flowered Anemone.— Fi. 
Gree, v. vi. t=. 514. — ' Avin nuegoc, Diosc. lib. ii. cap. 207. 
(FL Grec.) Now called z«z«gob» in Greece.—Sibth.— On 
Monte Cucio near Palermo. Presi. 
3. A hortensis, Zin. (A. stellata, Zam.) Garden ane- 
mone.— FI. Greece. vol. vi. t. 515. Bot. Mag. vol. vi. t. 123. 
"Avewsivy &ygia, Diosc. lib. ii. cap. 207. (Fl. Grac.) Aygo raragovwa, 
hodié (Sibth.) — Avó. Theoph. lib. vii. cap. 8.? —The tears of 
Venus gave birth to the Anemone, rà 6: ddxgua và» ' Avena. 
Bion. Idyl. i. v. 66.— Theocritus mentions the ' Asse, Idyl. 
v, v. 92.; and the word occurs in Moschus, Jdyl. iii. v. 5. 
This species is frequent in meadows and hedges in Sicily. 
4. Ranunculus muricatus.— Rough-seeded Crowfoot.— 
Fl. Grac. v. vi. t. 522.— Bargdy viro», Diosc. lib. ii. cap. 206. 
(Fl. Greec.)— Now called Z«u290oxox2., by the modern Greeks. 
( Sibth.).—In wet places and rivulets near Palermo ; at Cepha- 
loédi, &c., Presi. 
5. Delphinium peregrinum. —Foreign Larkspur.— 77. Grec, 
v. vi. & 506.—AcAginor, Diosc. lib. iii. cap. 84.— Dioscorides 
relates that the Delphinium was so named from its leaves 
being of the form of Dolphins j—QuXXdoix OsQunonün, Sev zad 
“vouccus,— A common species in the Sicilian corn-fields. 
6. D. Staphysagria.—Palmated Larkspur, or Stavesacre. 
Fl. Gree. v, vi. t. 508,—3ragi¢ dygiay Diosc. lib. iv. cap. 156, 
Now called in Zacynthus, Aygo szg/«. Sibth.—An old medi- 
cinal plant.—In uncultivated places near Catania. 
4. D. pubescens, De C. (D. consolida, Var. Smith.) Pubes- 
