ON INTRODUCED ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 77 



The a*akh of Theophrastus, Phanias of Eresus, Dioscorides, and 

 Athenaeus ix. 7, is by some writers referred to the Lathyrus apliaca. 

 — This plant was seen by Delile, growing spontaneously around Cairo. 



The sKreiKH risA of Theophrastus xiii., or the " glykyrriza" of 

 Dioscorides, Pliny, Galen, and Avicenna, according to the received 

 opinion and Greek usage, is the liquorice (Glycyrrhiza). — The G. glabra 

 was seen by Sibthorp in the Grecian Archipelago ; and by Forskal 

 and others, in gardens at Cairo. 



The TPArAKAN©A of Theophrastus ix. 1, Celsus, Dioscorides, and 

 Galen, according to the received opinion and Greek usage, is gum traga- 

 canth ; procured, according to Hawkins and Sibthorp, partly from the 

 Astragalus aristatus. Confirmation of this account, was also obtained 

 in Greece by Bory de St. Vincent. — Gum tragacanth, under its Arabic 

 name " katira," is mentioned by Rhazes and Ibn Baitar ; but according 

 to Forskal (Mat. Med.), is imported into Egypt from Persia. 



The thboaos of Theophrastus, according to Forskal's and Sibthorp's 

 account of the Greek usage, would seem to be the Tribulus terrestris. — 

 This plant was seen by Forskal and Delile, growing spontaneously in 

 Egypt and Nubia. 



Sibthorp, however, found the Onobrychis crista-galli equally called 

 "triboyli" in Cyprus. This plant also was seen by Delile, growing 

 spontaneously at Alexandria. 



The nErAiKioN of Theophrastus and others, referred by Celsus to 

 the "parthenion and herba muralis," may be compared with the Pari- 

 etaria officinalis. — This plant was seen by Delile and others in 

 Egypt ; where it is perhaps indigenous. 



In Egypt, the indigenous Marrubium cdyssum is called " frasyoun ;" 

 in which word we recognise the nPASiox of Theophrastus vi. 1, and 

 others, admitted to be one or more of the corresponding species of 

 Marrubium found in Greece. 



The meais2o<j>taaon of Theophrastus, or the "meliteia" of Theocri- 

 tus, according to the received opinion, is the Melissa officinalis. — Has- 

 selquist met with this plant in Palestine, and also at Damietta. 



The xAMAiArrs of Theophrastus ix. 10, and Dioscorides, according 

 to the received opinion and Sibthorp's account of the Greek usage, is 

 the Teucrium chamcedrys. — The dried plant, as appears from Alpinus, 

 is imported and used medicinally in Egypt. 



The nANAE htakaeion of Theophrastus and others, according to 



