240 NATURAL HISTORY. 



15. Salvia Arborea, sXs(r(p»Kia. This beautiful sage I first met with 

 on Anchesmus, afterwards on Pendeli. The wood of the stem is 

 used in making charcoal for the manufacture of gunpowder at 

 Athens. 



16. Hedera Helix, aicra-og ; this tree hangs as a curtain in the 

 picturesque sceneiT of the marble caves of Pendeli. The leaves are 

 used for issues. : 



17. Juniperus Oxycedrus, KtJpo?, grows on Pendeli and Pai-nes, 

 but is not very frequent in Greece. 



18. Cercis Siliquastrum, >cor(^cvKcuvafr, this beautiful shrub grows 

 near the monastery of Pendeli, and in the forests of Sarando 

 Potamo. 



19. Anthyllis Hermannia^, a.Xoyo^vf^a.<^i, so named from the horses 

 feeding on it. The bees are fond of the flowers. 



- 20. Daphne dioica, i5^£po9;po'»caXc. This plant abounds on the 

 mountains of Pendeli and Hymettus. It is used by the dyers at 

 Athens, and Albanian women, for dyeing a yellow colour, and with 

 indigo, green. 



21. Myrtus Communis, Mv^tm, and in Cyprus, Mupo-m. The 

 varieties of the common myrtle with white fruit I observed near 

 the monastery of Pendeli. Both this and the black fruit are eaten 

 by the Athenians. The plant is used in garlands, and as an orna- 



Noies by the Editor. 



carry with them a branch or rod of Agnus castus in their hand, it will keep them from 

 merrygals and weariness. Herbal. 1202. This passage alludes to the opinion noticed by 

 Diosc. i. 135. C. SoxeT 8s xtuAuTJJpiov sivai £v oioiTTopiai; •napa.Tpifj.jj.aTtttV sine pa/3Sov x. t. X. and 

 Hasselquist observes, that " pilgrims make staffs of it." 1 30. In reference to the same 

 opinion, the modern Greeks quote four lines, which are found in Dr. Sibthorp's journals. 



OTToioi TTipaasi oLTio Xuyeia, 

 xai 8sv xo\J/ei xofj-xTi, ' 



va >:Uysl<rSri, va //.apavSri, 

 va ■!:s(rri si; to xpa^ctTt, 

 15. A corruption of the ancient IXsAiV^axo;. Theoph. Hist. vi. 2. 

 17- The xs'Spos of Theophrastus. 



21. " Eterant olim esui myrti bacca; ; Plato suos cives /xuproij tanquam bcllariis vesci 

 voluit." Lib. xi. de Rep. Wessel. Obs. 52. 



