THE CLASSICAL PLANTS OF SICILY. 205 
CONIFER. 
127. Pinus maritima.— Sea Pine. 
. llebxy magaria, Theoph. lib. iii. cap. 10, on the au thority of 
Sprengel. It is probably the ««ixz of Theocritus, Idyl. vii. v. 88. 
The cone of the Sea Pine was called orgoyyinog. rig rugadias, 
which Theophrastus describes as being orgoyyinog cf wagadiag xul 
dudor raxéws. In Sicily, tar, pitch, resin, and turpentine 
( Zerebintina), are taken from these trees, and also from other 
kinds of Pines. 
128. P. Pinea.—Stone Pine. 
Tsx xomogízocs, Theoph. lib. iii. cap. 10, according to Spren- 
gel. This author refers the sirus, Theoph., to P. Lariz, 
but Stackhouse to P. sylvestris. This is the “Uirus of the 
ancients, which is common in the maritime districts of Asia 
Minor and Syria.” —“ The Iirvs,” says Coray, “is now called 
xoxxav&zit, from the fruit xoxxavdégnr, anciently called orgd8:A03” ; 
xoxxuivn also was an ancient name. ‘The kernels of the Stone 
Pine are brought to table in Turkey; they are very common 
in the kitchens of Aleppo. Russel.” (Walpole’s Turkey, 
p. 236, note 2.) This Pinus abounds in Attica, and grows 
to a large size in the forests of Elis. Sibthorp. Moschus 
calls the Isthmus of Corinth abounding in Pines, svo 
lodo), Idyl. iv. v. 49. And Strabo (lib. ix.) gives the epi- 
thet srvoiccz, to Salamis. The cone of the Stone Pine was 
properly named zZwe a/ruos; thus Theocritus,—Sarrc 6: xal 
& wiruç inpide xuwosg. . Idyl. v. v. 49; and «rv signify the 
seeds. Confer. Diosc. lib. i. cap. 88. But in Latin, the 
cones were called Nuces, vel Poma Pinea. See Macrobius’ 
. Story, Saturnalia, lib. ii. cap. 6; and an Epigram by Martial, 
Lib. xiii. Ep. 25. The seeds are now named Pindécchi, in Italy 
and Sicily, and are used in desserts, in puddings and cakes, 
like almonds. ‘This tree was sacred to Neptune; a chaplet 
of its leaves was given to the victors in the Isthmian Games. 
A cone fastened on the top of a staff adorned with wreaths 
or flowers made the Thyrsus of the Bacchanalians, I sup- 
