812 Boianital Colkctidns, 



f?upposed to be entirely poetical, and never to hare existed except in the 



bruins of the authors. I have not been able to «eea work on this subject, 



published a few years ago by Tenore at Naples ; and, therefore, have chiefly 



had recourse to Dioscorides, Pliny, Matthiohis, and some others of the old 



school, aided by a knowledge of what the flora of Italy contains. Notwith- 

 standing that I give the modern names, I hope never to see a boy translating 



Ci/tisus by Tree-medick, or any such barbarous English-Latin names. '*.ii- 



G. A. W-A. to Mr Cheek. ^ ^ t*-^^ -^ -^ ,aiiydiUiH 



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Abies, Ed. vii. 76 ; G. ii. 68, Pinus Picea. ' *;'; ->;/*: 



Acanthus, (mollis,) E. iii. 45 ; G. iv. 122 and 137, Acanthus mollis. 



(semperflorens,) G. ii. 119, Acacia vera. 



Aconitum, G. ii. 152, Aeonitum NapeUus. "4/'^ -il ♦Xall 



^sculus, G. ii. 15, Quercus Rohur? Botanists, however, hrfve^'Wfillft^ 

 referred- it to Q. esculus, while Quercus they consider to be 

 the true Q. rohur. From Pliny's saying that the Esculus, 

 or Esculus, has the largest fruit of all, and that it was 

 sacred to Jove, we think our supposition correct ; it is, then, 

 difficult to say what is the Quercus of old writers. Most 

 likely several varieties of the common oak were known by 

 these diflferent names. It is singular, that while Esculus 

 was the tree sacred to Jupiter, the walnut, (Jovis glans, or 

 Juglans,) was the fruit dedicated to him. « ■- 



Alga, E. vii. 42, supposed to be Zostera mediterranea. 



Allium, E. ii. 11, Allium sativum, , , 



Alnus, passim, Alnus glutinosa. \t._ '^ */i " 



Amellus, G. iv. 271, Aster Amellus. '^' '■" ** ' 



Amomum, E. iv. 25, and iii. 89, Cissus vitiginea. 



Anethum, E. ii. 48, Anethum graveolens. 



Apium, E. vi. 68 ; G. iv. 121, Apium graveolens. 



Arbutus, E. iii. 82, vii, 46 ; G. ii. 69, Arbutus Unedo. 



Avena, ]E. v. 37 ; G. i. 154, Avena sterilis. 



. G. i. 77, Avena sativa, 



" Aureus et foliis et lento vimine ramus, 



" Junoni infernse dictus sacer :" — ^n. vi. 137, Viscum album. 



Baccar, E. iv. 19, Valeriana celtica. 



Caltha, E. ii. 50, Calendula officinalis. ■ " — — — 



Carduus, passim, applied to several species of Carduus and Cirsium. 



Carex, G. ii. 231, Carex acuti. 



Casia, E. ii. 49 ; G. ii. 213, iv. 30, Daphne cneorum. 



Castanea, E. i. 82, &c. Castanea vesca. 



Cedrus, G. ii. 443, iii. 414, Pinus Cedrus. 



Centaurea, G. iv. 270, Centaurea Centaureum. 



Cerasus, G. ii. 18, Cerasus vulgaris. 



Cerinthe, G. iv. 63, Cerinfhe major. 



Cicuta, E. ii. 36, x. 85, Cicuta virosa,- so generally supposed ; but Pliny's 

 description seems rather to refer to Conium maculatum. 



Colocasia, E. iv. 20, Arum Colocasia. ' t 



Cornus, G. ii. 247, Cornus mascula. ^" 



Coryl us, passim, Corylus Avellana. 



Crocus, G. iv. 181, Crocus saiivus. "T 



Cyparissus, G. ii. 84; ^n. ii. 680, Cupressus sempervirens, <." 



Cytisus, E. ii. 64, x. 30 ; G. iii. 394, Medicago arborea. 



Dictamnus, ^n. xii. 412, Origanum Dictamnus. 



Ebenus, G. ii. 116, Diospyros Ebenum. 



Ebulus, E. X. 27, Sambucus Ebulus. 



Edera, E. iii. 39, iv. 124, vii. 39, viii. 13; G. ii. 258, iv. 125, Hedera 

 helix. 



