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xiii. 16 and xv. 26, under the name of SiUqua, 

 adding in the former passage that the lonians called 

 it Ceraunia, and in the latter describing its pods very 

 exactly: " Prsedulces siliquae digitorum hominis 

 longitudo illis, et interim falcata pollicari latitu- 

 dine." It has received the name of St. John's 

 Bread, or Locust-tree, as being, according to some, 

 the food upon which St. John the Baptist fed. 

 It is common everywhere in Southern Europe. 



COLUTEA. 



Colutea arborescens, or Bladder Senna, a shrub 

 common in Italy, and in most parts of Southern 

 Europe, does not appear to be noticed in ancient 

 writers, although Theophrastus mentions a plant 

 by the name of KoXovrea. 



ANAGYRIS. 



Anagyrisfcetida, a plant found in Greece and Italy, 

 is noticed by Pliny 11 under the same name. He 

 speaks of it as a shrub with an offensive smell, 

 a flavour like that of the Cabbage, and a seed in 

 pods of considerable length, like a Kidney-bean. 

 Dioscorides also mentions it under the name of 

 and avayvpov. 



CORONILLA. 



Of Coronilla Sibthorp mentions seven species in 

 Greece, of which only two, emerus and glauca, are 

 fruticose. In Italy also the Coronilla emerus alone 



" Lib. xxvii. 13. M. Jf. iii. 157. 



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