PLANTS OF GREECE. 



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93. V^iola Odorata, called tov /^ixav in Laconia. A syrup is drawn 

 from the flower. It is an admired plant of the poets ; hence the 

 following distich. 



N« (Tou rex. (iocKw, [^tzTtdf/.cv, eig roag jcXoiKOfjLciSutq, 



" Hyacinths, violets, musk-roses and lemon flowers, I throw on 

 my love to remove the marks of your small-pox." 



(The first word is indistinct in the manuscript. B\oatoy.adon<; is 

 not found in Du Cange, but in Sommavera. — E.) 



94. Aristolochia Longa, is a much esteemed medicine in the 

 Rachitis, in intermittents and other fevers. The roots for this 

 purpose are exported to Venice and Italy. As a medicine also to 

 puerperous women its medical powers are so great that it is considered 

 as a specific, and called by the Zantiotes, '^l^x. 



95. Scilla Maritima abounds in the island of Zante ; it is an 

 object of commerce, and is exported to Holland and England. A 

 sequin for a 1000 roots is paid for collecting them. It is called 

 aa-KiXXa, at Constantinople ; and is made into paste with honey for 

 the asthma, or applied in cataplasms to the joints aflTected with 

 rheumatic pains. 



96. Asparagus Acutifolius, TTrapa^^/ouvia. The shoots appear in Febru- 

 ary, and continue until May ; they are eaten boiled with oil and vinegar. 

 In Cyprus it is called xa-Trcc^xyog, the ancient name in Dioscorides. 



97. Spartium Spinosum, «Vcz:aAa;cTo?, one of the earliest flowering 

 shrubs, and the prodromus of the spring. Spartium Villosum in 

 Cyprus still retains its ancient name somewhat corrupted, (r7rtxXoc9og, 

 the Ko-Trdxadog of Dioscorides. 



98. Fumaria Officinalis kxttvix ; the herb is pounded, and an 

 infusion is made which is taken for exanthematous complaints, and a 

 prurient itching of the skin. 



99. Mercurialis Annua, TrocfdevovSi, taken in infusion with Agrimonia 



Notes by the Editor. 



.99. Called also ^xapoXa^avov (see Du C. in v. irapSevouSi) from the reason assigned by 

 Dr. Sibthorp. 



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