104 THE CLASSICAL PLANTS OF SICILY. 
of lamentation uttered by Apollo for the death of Hyacinthus, 
the son of king Amyclas. This is well explained in the fol- 
lowing lines from Ovid :— : 
Litera communis mediis pueroque, viroque 
Inscripta est foliis; hæc nominis, illa querele. Met. xiii. v. 397. 
| Flosque novus scripto gemitus imitabere nostros 
Tempus et illud erit, quo se fortissimus heros, 
Addat in hunc florem, folioque legatur eodem. Met. x. v. 206. 
Pliny gives this account of the fable.— **Hyacinthum comitatur 
fabula duplex, luctum praeferens ejus quem Apollo dilexerat, 
aut ex Ajacis cruore editi, ita discurrentibus venis, ut Gre- 
carum literarum figura AI legatur inscripta." (Nat. Hist. lib. 
xxi. cap. 11.) 
PAPAVERACE.. 
8. Hypecoum procumbens.— Procumbent Hypecoum. Fl. 
Grec. vol. ii. t 155. 'Yz/xoo, Diosc. lib. iv. cap. 68. secun- 
dùm Floram Grecam.— 
In sandy fields at Ficarazzi, and Trabia, not far from 
Palermo. (Presi.) 
CRUCIFERA. 
9. Brassica Cretica.—Cretan Cabbage. ‘Pdgavs yi, 
Theoph. lib, vii. cap. 4, according to Sprengel; but Stackhouse 
refers it to B. Arvensis. 
CAPPARIDEZ. 
10. Capparis spinosa. Prickly Caper-bush.—77. Grae. 
vol, v. tab. 486.—Karragis ġxuvðúðns, Diosc. lib. ii. cap. 204. 
and Theoph. lib. vi. cap. 1.—Now called Karragià, and zéczage 
Sibth. 
The Caper-bush, Capperu, adorns rocks, walls, and stony 
places with its large handsome white flowers. 
CISTINEZ, 
11. Cistus salvifolius.—Sage-leaved Rock-Rose.— Fl. Gree: 
vol. v. t, 491, —K/coz lvs, Diosc. lib, i, cap. 127. —Sibth, —Now 
