THE CLASSICAL PLANTS OF SICILY. 111 
31. Cytisus Laburnum.— Common Laburnum.— Bot. Mag. 
vol. v. t. 176. 
Küricog devdgwdy¢.— "Theoph. lib. i. cap. 9, secundim Stack- 
housium. This elegant tree, with its pendulous branches of 
golden flowers, is one of the earliest ornaments of a southern 
spring. 
32. Medicago arborea.— Tree Medick. 
Kirisog gguyaswéy¢.— Theoph. lib. i. cap. 20, according to 
Stackhouse. Perhaps it may be the x$riscc of Theocritus; see 
Idyl. v. v. 128. and x. v. 30. 
33. Melilotus Messanensis.— Messina Melilot. 
Sprengel supposes this species to agree with the Awris.— 
Diosc. lib. iv. cap. 111. 
34. Glycyrrhiza echinata.— Prickly-podded Liquorice.— 
Bot. Mag. vol. xlvii. t. 2154. 
The plant named jyvxiiiido, (Diosc. lib. iii. cap. 1.) is de- 
scribed as having a rough or prickly fruit, and, therefore, I 
would refer it to this species; so also the yXvxex xe 7 Zxvbeój 
ü2« of Theoph. lib. ix. cap. 13. "Theophrastus mentions 
that it would satiate thirst, if one kept it in his mouth ; hence 
it was said the Scythians could subsist on it for eleven or 
twelve days;— Avaro Ò xa) r7» dipav mavs, id» vig Ev r& oríuami 
xn, 0 ráur ðiúys paol rode Snbdag Juépug xal tvüsxm xol Ouürna.— 
Pliny confirms this story. 
35. Biserula Pelecinus.— Bastard Hatchet- Vetch. 
Hójoagoy j reAexivog.— Diosc. lib. iii. cap. 146, and «2«xioc. — 
Theoph. lib. viii. cap. 8.— According to Sprengel; but Stack- 
house refers them to Coronilla Securidaca.— Both Dioscorides 
and Theophrastus say the seed resembles a hatchet,—ésoo 
mTÉAexti. 
Common on Mount Etna.— Bivona. 
36. Cicer Arietinum.— Common Chick Pea.—Bot. Mag. 
vol. xlix. t. 2274. This I consider the second species of 
228.vdos— Diosc. lib. ii. cap. 126, which was called xgios from 
the seed resembling a ram's head.— Pliny also (Hist. Nat. 
lib. xviii. cap. 12.) says,—est enim Arietino capiti simile, 
unde itd appellatur. Sprengel supposes it to be the 2¢8wdoz.— 
