320 Mr. J. Hogg's Catalogue of Sicilian Plants. 



Orobus atropurpureus.\ 



Lathyrus sativus ; B. Mag. iv. tab. 115. Called by the Sicilians Ci- 

 cerchia. 



L. setifolius.f 



L. hirtus.-f 



L. odoratus ; B. Mag. ii. tab. 60. Frequent in hedges. 



L. grandiflorus ;* B. Mag. xliv. tab. 1938. The flowers are hand- 

 some, both larger and more brilliant than those of the preceding 

 species. Root perennial. It is less common in Sicily than the 

 L. odoratus ; I observed it in the lower region of Mount Etna only. 



Ochrus pallida, Pers. ; Pisum Ochrus, Linn. ; Fl. Gr. vii. tab, 689. 

 Abundant in corn-fields throughout the island. 



Pisum sativum. Many sorts are grown ; called Pisellu. 



Vicia atropurpurea.% 



V. Pannonica. Pastures and meadows on Mount Etna, Biv. 



V. Narbonensis. Cultivated places on Etna, Biv. 



V. leptophylla,* Raf. In Sicilia. Species non satis nota ; DeC. 

 Syst. ii. p. 365. 



V. glauca,*\ Presl. 



V. leucantha,* Biv. Pastures about Palermo ; Stirp. Rar. Man. i. 



V. spuria,* Raf. Palermo, and on Mount Etna ; DeC. Syst. ii. p. 363. 



V. ochroleuca,*f Ten. In sylvis prope S. Martinum ; DeC. Syst. 

 ii. p. 358. 



V. Bivonea,* Raf. In pascuis circa Panormum. Flores pallide ro- 

 sei, carina apice nigra ; DeC. Syst. ii. p. 357. 



V. Faba. La Fava. 



Ervum Lens. In Sicily it is much eaten, and called Lenticchia. 



E. Agrigentinum,* Guss. On the south coast, about Terra Nova. 

 DeC. Syst. ii. p. 367. 



E. uniflorum,* Ten. Mount Etna and the Madonian range. 



Cicer Arietinum\ B. Mag. xlix. tab. 2274. It is named in Sicily Ceci, 

 and is much cultivated and used for food either raw or cooked. 



Cytisus Laburnum ; B. Mag. v. tab. 176. 



C. hirsutus ;j Fl. Gr. viii. tab. 706. 



C. capitatus. In Sicilia, Pers. 



C. triflorus. 



C. complicates,* Brot.; Adenocarpus intermedius, DeC; Fl. Gr. viii. 

 tab. 704. In Monte Scuderi ; DeC. Syst. ii. p. 158. 



C. Bivonii,* mihi ; Adenocarpus Bivonii, Presl. In Siciliae sylvis 

 iEtnseis ; Fl. Sic. i. p. 19. praef. 



Glycyrrhiza echinata \\ B. Mag. xlvii. t. 2154. 



Liquiritia officinalis, Pers. ; Glycyrrhiza glabra, Linn. ; Fl. Gr. viii. 

 tab. 709. This plant is abundant in clayey ground near Catania 

 and Milazzo. The juice of the root, after having been two or 

 three times boiled, cools into a strong black paste, which is rolled 

 up in bay-leaves, and exported to England, Marseilles, Trieste, &c. 

 It is commonly called Regolizia. 



Coronilla Emerus ; B. Mag. xiii. tab. 445. Woods in mountainous 

 places throughout the isle. 



