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NATURAL HISTORY. 



work. The rural pipe of the Greek shepherd, pWpa^, is made of the 

 donax. — " The Donax which grows in the chasms of the rocks at 

 Athos supplies the monks with fishing rods." — S. 



27. Arundo Phragmites, KuX'upoTgtdpa, grows in some marshy grounds 

 near Calandra. 



28. Rubia Peregrina, dyfipfia-ct^ grows wild in the woody part of 

 Pendeli, also on Parnassus. The root of the plant is in Zante used as 

 a remedy in Rachitis. The country people take from it a dye of a 

 red colour. 



29. Hyoscyamus Albus, «poV. The leaves are applied externally 

 to the face as an opiate, or antispasmodic in the tooth-ache. In this 

 complaint also the fumes of its burnt seed are received into the 

 mouth. 



30. Pistachia Terebinthus, KoxoftT^tu. The fruit of this tree is eaten, 

 and an oil expressed from it. In Cyprus it is called TfifitQm, the an- 

 cient name, corrupted. The Cyprian turpentine was formerly much 

 esteemed, and employed for medical uses ; at present the principal cul- 

 tivation of the turpentine tree, as well as the mastic is in the island 

 Scio, and the turpentine when drawn is sent to Constantinople. 



31. Lolium Temulentum, v A<pa. The seeds of this plant are often 

 mixed with the corn, and when eaten occasion violent giddiness. 



32. Smilax Aspera, in Laconia, a-^lxayya. In Cyprus |uXo73«to?. 

 The flowers are extremely fragrant, and are put into the wine to give 

 it a grateful flavour. The root is used in Zante as a depurator of the 

 blood in the room of Sarsaparella. 



Notes by the Editor. 



28. Rubia Tinctorum is called pitypu Sibthorp. See also Du Cange in v. Tournefort 

 says that the red leather at Tocat is dyed with madder. Lett. ix. 



29. Called also >j Upa /3ot«v»), and 8«ij«.ov«pea. At Constantinople and in most of the 

 Greek islands, it preserves its" ancient name voa-xvotpos. 



31. Retains its ancient name. In the Geoponica we find a similar observation to that 

 of Dr. Sibthorp, uipa aprot; pyvu/Aevr) o-xotoj touj e<r8iovTag. p. 199. 1. Niclas. Ed. This 

 plant is the tygdvtov of St. Matthew, xiii.; the Ziwan of the Arabian botanists; and the 

 Rosck of the Old Testament. See Michaelis on the Laws of Moses, iii. 357- 



32. 2/x»Aa£ of Theophrastus and Dioscorides. The fragrancy of the flowers is alluded 

 to in the words of Aristophanes in the Nubes, a^lKuxos o£wv, 1006. 



