110 THE CLASSICAL PLANTS OF SICILY. 
Throughout the island of Sicily this shrub, i? Lentischiu, 
or Lestincu, is abundant on waste hilly ground. 
26. Rhus coriaria.—Elm-leaved Sumach.—/U, Gree. vol. 
iii, tab. 290. 
‘Pots. —Diosce. lib. i. cap. 148. Theophrastus mentions two 
varieties, male, and female, of the éods, lib. iii. cap. 18.— The 
leaf like that of the Elm, e$xo 3: dpuoy areàtæ, and curriers 
tan white skins with it, —Bdrrove: òè rolrw xai is oxvroüéApou Tà Asuxd 
fguara.,— Dioscorides relates the same,— reve" Bugcodépus auth 
xehda üg ryv orb bw T&v deguarav.— Its leaves are still used for 
tanning leather. At present this Sumach is called ‘'Poõò in 
Greece, but in Cyprus it retains the ancient name ‘Pois.—Sibth. 
il Sommaccu: it is cultivated about Alcamo, Monreale, 
Castel 4 mare, and Palermo; from whence a great deal is 
exported. 
27. R. Cotinus.—Obovate-leaved Sumach. 
Koxxvyeía, — Theoph. lib. iii. cap. 16.— According to Stack- 
house.—Its Romaic name is x2vs0%vA0.— Dodwell. The leaves, 
when pressed, emit an agreeable perfume. 
28. Juglans Regia.—Common Walnut. 
Kdgua Baenuaxn, 7| aezaínn, 7j EuSoixn.— Theoph. lib. iii. cap. 6, T 
&c. and of Diosc. lib. i. cap. 119.—'The oil prepared from 
the kernels was named £Aouv xagdivov.— Doise. lib. i. cap. 42. 
This tree is cultivated. 
LEGUMINOS.JE. 
29. Anagyris fætida.— Stinking Bean-Trefoil.— Fl. Grac. 
vol, iv. t. 366. 
Avdéyugis.— Diosc. lib, iii. cap. 167.—A»&yve hodié.— Sibth. 
30. Spartium villosum.— Shaggy Broom. 
Aorddudos.— Diosc. lib. i. cap. 19.— ]t is, according to Spren- 
gel, the áczáXatoc. — Theoph. lib. ix. cap. 1, Dr. S ibthorp says, 
that in. Cyprus it still retains its ancient name, somewhat cor- 
rupted Sráħaðos. This plant is mentioned in Theocritus 
Idyl. iv. v. 57, and Idyl. xxiv. v. 87. 
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