106 THE CLASSICAL PLANTS OF SICILY. 
Roman lemons; by using the juice of the one, and the peel 
of the other. 
15. C. Aurantium.— Orange. 
Mya. ego "Theoph. lib. iv. cap. 4.—Oranges are called 
megoina wna by Dioscorides, lib. i. cap. 165. According 
to Dr. Presl, there are fourteen varieties cultivated in 
Sicily. That named Aranciu di Malta, o Aranciu Sanguignu, 
the blood-red, or Malta Orange, is one of the best and of 
the sweetest flavour. —Every variety of these species of Citrus 
grows in perfect luxuriance in the island, and the exquisite 
perfume of their flowers, carried by the evening zephyr; is 
most odorous, and most grateful. 
ACERINE. 
16. Acer Creticum.— Cretan Maple. 
Xebómuws. "Theoph. lib. ii. cap. 4. apud Sprengelium, sed 
Stackhousia. A. campestre intelligitur. 
In Sicilià arbor pulchra et satis grandis. 
AMPELIDE Æ. 
17. Vitis viniferaa—Common Grape Vine.—F!. Grec. vol, 
iii. tab. 942. 
“Aumehos oivogózos. Diosc. lib. v. cap. 1.—ŭurshos regen, Theo- 
phrasti. "Aue os & yAuxixagmos. "Theocrit Idyl. xi. v. 46, and 
Ğurshos Borguérac. Theoc. Epigram. iv. v. 8. The carrying 
bunches of grapes supported on boughs of the Vine—écyopégi, 
—was an Athenian festival, concerning which, see Plutarch’s 
life of Theseus. 
Grapes, figs, apples, pomegranates, olives, gourds, melons, 
cones of the Stone Pine, and ears of wheat, with the leaves 
and boughs of the Vine and Ivy, elegantly entwined, form 
the usual groups of fruit in the antique sculptures of the 
Greeks. 
Presl describes forty-four varieties of the vine (La Vigna), 
which are cultivated in Sicily. They afford many sorts of 
delicious wines.—The best are from Messina, Bronte, Cata- 
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