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See also Virgils description of Menalcas's bowls. — Ec. iii. 
v.99. Mr. Dodwell, in his Travels through Greece, (vol. i. 
p. 460.) gives an account of a fragment of a vase found near 
Athens, which was “ornamented with the ivy plant in relief 
and gilt.” He adds, “this is the Golden Ivy, or Hedera 
pallens of Virgil. It was a Dionysiac plant, and the vases 
which were ornamented with it, were called Hederata, and 
Corymbiata.” 
But the uéras xsods, Theoc. Idyl. xi. v. 46. doubtless means 
the Hedera Helix, so called from the colour of its berries. 
H. chrysocarpum is clearly the **var. baccis flavis" of 
Cupani, which‘ is found at Caronia, Ficuzza, and Francavilla, 
according to Gussone. 
UMBELLIFER&. 
58. Echinophora tenuifolia.—Fine-leaved Echinophora.— 
Fl. Gree. vol. iii. t. 266. 
Dr. Sibthorp supposes this to be the ** Marseilles Seseli.”— 
Socks MaconAsurixiy.— Diosc. lib. iii. cap. 60. 
59. Bupleurum fruticosum.—Shrubby Hare's Ear.—Fl. 
Gree. vol. iii. t. 263.— ieu. Aibiozixby.— Diosc. lib. iii. cap. 61, 
—(Fl. Grac.) 
In dry stony ground, not unfrequent. 
60. Seseli tortuosum.— Crooked meadow- Saxifrage. 
Muogóv». Theoph. lib. vi. cap. 2, apud Sprengelium; at 
Stackhousio species incognita.— Hab. in campis aridis et mon- 
tosis. 
61. Cachrys Sicula. 
tab. 278. 
‘Isroudeabgove Theoph. lib. vi. cap. 1, according to Thiebault ; 
but Stackhouse considers that to be Ferula communis. 
A common plant in sandy ground near the sea-shore. 
62. Selinum sylvestre.— Wild milk-Parsley. 
X)aw», Diosc. lib. iii. cap. 14, and Theoph. lib. vii. cap. 6.— 
This plant was held in great esteem by the ancients. Having 
an aromatic smell, "Theocritus justly says, ivo Ze, 
( 1dyl. iii. v. 23.), where he describes it as being interwoven in 
Sicilian Cachrys.— F7. Grec. vol. iii. 
