THE TERFAS OF AFRICA AND THE ORIENT 



ticularly in forests of pine and cedar in 

 mountain regions. It is whitish yellow in 

 color and from the size of a nut to that of 

 an orange. In Spain it is said to occur 

 in fields of Cistus, there called turmera^ 

 In the sands of Sardinia the same species is 

 also found. Again, this seems to be the 

 species which is common near Smyrna, and 

 it is conjectured to be the one of which 

 Theophrastus wrote that it was obtained 

 by the Greeks and Romans from the Island 

 of Lesbos (Mitylene), but not the one 

 which they imported from Libya (Libye). 

 This species is believed to be the least des- 

 ert-adjusted of all good forms. It is found 

 from March to April, and is said to be in 

 flavor sweet and agreeable enough. 



Among the desert species described by 

 Chatin are the following, Terfezia Bou- 

 diert, T. claveryi, T, Hafizi, and Tirmania 

 ovalispora. Recently other desert forms 

 have been described. The species which 

 have been mentioned represent those of 

 southern Algeria, and also those of Asiatic 



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