242 ■ NATURAL HISTORY. 



work. The rural pipe of tlie Greek shepherd, tpXoiepa?, is made of" the 

 donax. — " The Donax which grows in the chasms of the rocks at 

 Athos supphes the monks with fishing rods." — S. 



27. Arundo Phragmites, KocXafid r^t^pa, grows in some marshy gromids 

 near Calandra. 



28. Rubia Peregrina, dyfiofna-df,!, grows wild in the woody part of 

 Pendeli, also on Parnassus. The root of the plant is in Zante used as 

 a remedy in Rachitis. The country people take from it a dye of a 

 red colour. .. ■ . 



29. Hyoscyamus Albus, t^poV. The leaves are applied externally 

 to the face as an opiate, or antispasmodic in the tooth-ache. In this 

 complaint also the fumes of its burnt seed are received into the 

 mouth. 



30. Pistachia Terebinthus, ^co/opeT^ior. The fruit of this tree is eaten, 

 and an oil expressed from it. In Cyprus it is called rpj^w/^ia, the an- 

 cient name, corrupted. The Cyprian turpentine was formerly much 

 esteemed, and employed for medical uses; at present the principal cul- 

 tivation of the turpentine tree, as well as the mastic is in the island 

 Scio, and the turpentine when drawn is sent to Constantinople. 



31. Lolium Temulentum,^A<po!. The seeds of this plant are often 

 mixed with the corn, and when eaten occasion violent giddiness. 



32. Smilax Aspera, in Laconia, crf/,iXa.yyx. In Cyprus '^uXofScnTog. 

 The flowers are extremely fragrant, and are put into the wine to give 

 it a grateful flavour. The root is used in Zante as a depurator of the 

 blood in the room of Sarsaparella. 



Notes by the Editor. 



2S. Rubia Tinctonim is called pti^ocpi. Sibtliorp. See also Du Cange in v. Tournefort 

 says that the red leather at Tocat is dyed with madder. Lett. ix. 



29. Called also ^ hpa ^otuvyi, and duifj-ovapia. At Constantinople and in most of the 

 Greek islands, it preserves its ancient name voiTx6aiJ.o;. 



31. Retains its ancient name. In the Geoponica we find a similar observation to that 

 of Dr. Sibthorp, aipa apTot; ju.iyvu|alvy) (txotoi rovg la^iwTctc. p. 199. 1. Niclas. Ed. This 

 plant is the ^i^a'viov of St. Matthew, xiii.; the Ziwan of the Arabian botanists; and the 

 Rosch of the Old Testament. See Michaelis on the Laws of Moses, iii. 357- 



32. SfoiXa^ of Theophrastus and Dioscorides. The fragrancy of the flowers is alluded 

 to in the words of Aristophanes in the Nubes, tr/AiXaxoj o^cov, 1006". 



