238 NATURAL HISTORY. 



6. Arbutus Unedo, y.of/,a,^i(x, abounds on the mountains of Pendeli, 

 its fruit fx,cc;xo!.iKvXcc is eaten and esteemed a delicacy. The bees 

 feeding on the flowers are said to communicate a bitter taste to the 

 honey. The flutes of the Greek shepherds called (py^oup^-x. axe made of 

 this wood. It is used by the turners, and is hard, though less 

 durable than oak. In Zante a spirit is drawn from it, and a vinegar 

 of a bright gold colour. 



7. Arbutus Andrachne, (x.ypioico;xuf>ia, grows in equal abundance with 

 the A. Unedo on the mountains of Pendeli and Fames. Its fruit 

 ripens in the months of October and November, but is not eaten. 



8. Erica Multiflora, 'Pe/ttij, flowers in winter, and during that 

 season furnishes the principal food of the bee. The honey, however, 

 which they make from its flowers is little esteemed, and sells at half 

 the price of that made during the summer season from the wild 

 Thyme. It abounds on Pendeli and Parnes. 



9. Rhus Cotinus, ;<^pt;(ro|uXoi'. The dye of this wood is a beautiful 

 orange-yellow. It is used to give this colour to the yarn by the 

 Greeks and Albanians. It is brought from Pendeli and the mountains 

 of Attica, and is sold to the dyers at Athens at two paras the oke. 

 In Cyprus the Rhus Coriaria retains its ancient name Foil?. The 

 powdered fruit called by the Turks, Sumach, is sprinkled upon the 

 meat as seasoning. 



10. Laurus Nobilis, Aai^ni, the most aromatic of the Greek 

 shrubs grows wild about Pendeli. An oil is expressed from the 

 berries, which is used to anoint the hair. It is used as a medicine 

 externally in bruises and rheumatisms. 



/ , , Notes by the Editor. 



6". xovix-apsu in Du C. the xofjLapoc of Theoph. Hist. i. 15. 



7. AvSpa;:^v>), Theoph. Hist. i. 15. av5fia;i^Xi in Cyprus, Sibthorp. It suffers more from 

 the cold (Oliver remarks), than the Ar. Unedo; it is found near the Hellespont, in the 

 Archipelago, and in Syria. 



9. This use of the Sumacli at meals, is mentioned by the ancient writers ; Pouj eiri ra 

 o^i/a.. Diosc. i. c. 147. The poet Antiphanes speaks of rhus and hone}', among the 

 apTuixuTo. of the table. Athcn. Schw. Lib. ii. p. 262. 



