102 SYNOPSIS OF 



Ceratonia siliqua, L. 



Vulg. Algarabo, Sp. Locust or carob-tree. 

 Hab. South of Europe. Asia Minor. North of Africa. 



OBS. This is erroneously considered to be the " locust-tree" of 

 Scripture. The pod contains a sweet fecula, and it is eaten in 

 Spain. " Ignorance of eastern manners and natural history," 

 observes Professor Martin, "induced some persons to fancy that 

 the locusts on which John the Baptist fed were the tender shoots 

 of plants ; and the wild honey was the pulp of the pod of the 

 carob-tree, whence it had the name of St. John's bread." It 

 would have been more correct to suppose thatSt. John ate 

 locusts, as the natives of some parts of the East do even in the 

 present day. The pods of this tree formed the principal food 

 of the British cavalry horses during the war of 1811 and 1812. 

 (See London's Encyclopedia of Plants). 



ROSACES, Juss. 



Rubus fruticosus, L. 



Hab. South of Europe. Asia Minor. North of Africa. 



Fragaria vesca, L. A,*c,^*t ffc^r&v^f 



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 Hab. Europe. Asia media. 



OBS. Rarely cultivated in Gibraltar. 



Poterium mauritanicum, Boiss. 



Hab. South of Spain. North of Africa. 



OBS. Since I have consulted Boissier, it appears to me that the 

 species in Gibraltar corresponds with the characters of his new 

 species ; it is, however, still considered by others in Gibraltar to 

 be the P. polygonum of Willd., which is a smaller plant. 

 Boiss. (See Appendix). 



Rosa canina, L. 



Hab. Europe. Asia Minor. 



