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called in Greece zég, xovvouxruc, 7 &ygio paoxounuè Sibth. The 
most common Cistus in Sicily. 
12. C. Incanus.—Hoary Rock-Rose.—Fl. Grec. vol. v. 
tab. 494. The large rose-coloured flowers of this species 
would induce me to refer the $(Xwecoc, or goðóxoros of Theo- 
critas, Zdyl. v. v. 131, to it. 
It is found near Trapani and Cefalu.—Presl. 
MALVACES. 
13. Althea cannabina.—Hemp-leaves Marsh- Mallow. 
This plant seems perfectly to agree with Káwaßis dyeia, Diosc. 
lib. iii. cap. 166:—the leaves of which are like the hemp, and 
the bark fit for making ropes. 
AURANTIACE. 
14. Citrus medica.— Common Citron. 
Mía Mzàma, "Theoph. lib. i. cap. 22. The fruit, Diosco- | 
rides calls uX« Mydind, 7 Kedgsunda; but by the Romans Kirga 
—lib. i. cap. 166.—The great fertility of this tree is men- 
tioned by most ancient writers.— Theophrastus says,—«&co» 
Gea Braceve rè xal àye? xcu xcpmoroxs.— De Caus. Plant. lib. i. 
cap, 11.— Dioscorides describes it thus—guriv yd £& xagropogaiy 
9i Grou rou trous Pru c.— Pliny states the same,—arbor ipsa 
omnibus horis pomifera est, aliis cadentibus, aliis matures- 
centibus, aliis veró subnascentibus.—/ib. xii. cap. 3.— Virgil 
signifies the Citron in the following words, — 
Media fert tristes succos tardumque saporem 
Felicis Mali. —— 
Presl. describes four varieties of Citron, Citru, o Cedru, which 
are cultivated in Sicily.—Also many sorts of Lemons and 
Limes, in Sicilian, Lumiuni, o Lumin celle, both with a sweet 
and sour pulp, are grown.— Many thousand chests of oranges, 
lemons, and citrons, are annually exported from Messina 
and Palmero. Likewise much Lemon juice.— The best 
punch and lemonade are made with the Palermitan an 
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