THE CLASSICAL PLANTS OF SICILY. 137 
PRIMULACEZX. 
Ivy-leaved Sow-Bread. 
105. Cyclamen hederafolium. 
Bot. Mag. vol. xxv. t. 1001. 
I take the xvuxAdumos, Diosc. lib. ii. cap. 194, to be this 
Species, where it is well described. Theocritus has, rà» 
` XvxMAjuyoy oguect, Idyl. v. v. 123. Under hedges and shady 
places. 
PLUMBAGINE.E. 
106. Statice sinuata.—Scallop-leaved Thrift.—7. Gree. 
vol. iv. tab. 301. Bot. Mag. vol. ii. t. 71. 
Terri, Diosc. lib. iv. cap. 135, according to Sibthorp. 
Il?ó2«o:, 5» IlgoSáx hodiè. Sibth. I first noticed this 
. Species on the shore of the Porto Grande at Syracuse; and 
afterwards in several places on the South Coast. 
CHENOPODEZ. 
107. Atriplex Halimus.— Tall Shrubby Orache. 
"Aio. Theoph. lib. iv. cap. 20,—apud Sprengelium: at 
Stackhousius ad Salicorniam fruticosam refert. 
Hanc speciem in Sicilià sponté crescentem non vidi. 
POLYGONEA. 
108. Rumex bucephalophorus.—Basil-leaved Dock.—Fl. 
Grec. vol. iv. tab. 345. 
Adrasoy uic, Diosc. lib. ii. cap. 140.— Sibth. 
At Palermo; **nel Piano della Consolazione.” Biv. 
LAURINEZ. 
109. Laurus nobilis.—Ancient Laurel, Bay Tree.—Fl. 
Grac. vol. iv. t. 365. 
Aún. Diosc. lib.i. cap. 107%, also of Theophrastus. It 
still retains its ancient name 24»; in modern Greece. Sibth. 
The Laurel was held in the greatest estimation by the 
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