LECTUKE IY. 



SHRUBS OP GREECE AND ITALY BELONGING TO 

 THE FOLLOWING GENERA: 



ERICA RHODODENDRON AZALEA VACCINIUM LIGUSTRUM 



PHILLYREA JASMINUM CONVOLVULUS LITHOSPER- 



MUM ONOSMA ORIGANUM TEUCRIUM PERIPLOCA 



8OLANUM LTCIUM VERBASCUM PHLOMI8 ROSMARINUS 



SATUREIA LAVANDULA SALVIA THTMUS MOLUCELLA 



PRASIUM STACHTS VITEX SALSOLA 8ALICORNIA 



ATHIPLEX POLTQONUM LAURUS DAPHNE PASSERINA 



OSYRIS EL^EAGNUS ARISTOLOCHIA EUPHORBIA 



BUXUS EPHEDRA ASPARAGUS ALOE RUSCUS SMILAX. 



KEMARKS ON THE DECAY or SPECIES. CONCLUDING OB- 

 SERVATIONS. 



ERICA. 



CIBTHORP enumerates six species of Heaths, 

 including that now called Calluna nulgaris, as 

 occurring in Greece, and the same species are 

 common in Italy. Of these he identifies one, viz. 

 the herbacea or carnea, with the epeUrj of Dios- 

 corides, but it is probable that all the kinds of 

 Heath observed were included by the latter under 

 this denomination. This author describes his cpeiKr) 

 as a shrubby or bushy tree like the Tamarisk 

 (/jLvpLKr)}, but much smaller, remarking that the 

 honey which bees suck from its flower is far 

 from good. 



It seems probable, as has been already stated 

 under the head of Tamarisk, that the word M.vpiKT) 

 was often applied to the larger kinds of Heaths, 



