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THE CLASSICAL PLANTS OF SICILY. 135 
Pliny says of it,——apud Grecos Polion herbam, inclytam 
Musæi et Hesiodi laudibus. (Hist. Nat. lib. xxi. cap. 1.) . 
On Mount Hybla, and the limestone hills near Syracuse. 
98. Satureja capitata.— Head-bearing Savory.— Fl. Gree. 
vol. vi. tab. 544. 
@tuos. Diosc. lib. iv. cap. 44. Stackhouse refers the buon, 
Theoph. lib. vi. cap. 2, to Thymus vulgaris. "That plant, as 
well as S. capitata, are both called dude, in Modern Greece, 
according to Sibthorp: which name is probably common to 
several sorts of thyme-like plants.  Guw dvude, 7 bour, 
hodiè. Sibth. 
Bees delight in these species, and to them may be attri- 
buted the celebrity of the Hyblean honey. Still different 
Sages, Thymes, Germanders, Mints, and other aromatic herbs, 
cover the bare calcareous range of Mount Hybla; and from 
their flowers the wild buzzing bee, & Bom8:ðoa perscon, still 
extracts most delicious honey, as in the time of Theocritus. 
Honey is exported from Syracuse. 
99. Lavandula Stæchas.— French Lavender. —Fl. Grec. 
vol. vi. tab. 549. 
Zzyas.—Diosc. lib. ii. cap. 31. Found in the islands 
called Stzechades now les Jsles d’ Hiéres near Marseilles, and 
received its name from them as Dioscorides relates. Its 
Romaic appellation signifies Black-head, Mawxspá?u. Sibth. 
100. Origanum Onites.— Woolly-leaved Marjoram. 
Ovizis, Diosc. lib. iii. cap. 33, secundùm Sprengelium. 
Hab. propé Syracusas.— Bocc. 
PEDALINZ. 
101. Sesamum Indicum.—Indian Sesame, or Oily-Grain. — 
Cultivated and commonly named Giuggiolena. Stackhouse 
refers the xzezuo» of "Theoph. lib. viii. cap. 3, to S. orientale. 
Linn. The seeds of the Giuggiolena are eaten by the Sici- 
lians scattered on bread, as coriander, cummin, caraway seeds, 
&c. This is an ancient custom mentioned by Dioscorides,— 
0x50. AEG, Üpqu), sUmüsg, xaramrucasuevoy sig aerovs, An oil is 
expressed from the seeds of the Sesame. 
