NATURAL HISTORY. 



40. Cistus Creticus, XczSccvsia. Different species of Cistus which 

 grow in Attica are distinguished by this name ; but the laudanum is 

 not collected. Crete and Cyprus are the only places at present where 

 it is gathered. Cistus incanus is called at Constantinople XeiSetbb ; it is 

 infused into the baths to give them a fragrant odour. 



41. Arum Maculatum, dpotyJvtiv, in Laconia a gov. It grows in great 

 abundance about the monastery of Pendeli. The root is used by the 

 inhabitants of the Morea in times of great scarcity for bread, being 

 previously boiled and then pounded. 



42. Satureia Capitata, Qvpupi. This is the most general plant on the 

 mountains of Pendeli and Hymettus. It is to this flower that the 

 Hymettian honey owes its celebrity ; indeed most of the honey of 

 Attica is drawn by the bees from the flowers of this plant. Attic 

 honey is still in high esteem, and presents of it are sent to Con- 

 stantinople. 



43. Satureia Thymbra, Opovfiy, grows on Anchesmus, Pendeli, and 

 Hymettus, and is mixed with the Satureia capitata, but not in large 

 quantities. It appears to be a favorite plant with the bees. Pounded 

 or chopped it is sprinkled on some vegetables to give them an aro- 

 matic flavour. 



44. Orobanche Caryophyllacea, Xvhos, a parasitic plant found fre- 

 quently in the bean-fields, and very destructive to the crops. It does not 

 appear in the first sowing, but when the beans are sown the second or 



Notes by the Editor. 



40. K/o-toj of Theoph. and Hipp. Belon, lib. i. c. 7. Obser. gives an account of the in- 

 strument epyao-TY)^ with which the laudanum is collected. Tournefort describes the manner 

 of taking it off from the shrub by whips ; it is also mentioned by Dioscorides, who says 

 *f that it was combed from the beards and thighs of the goats, which browsed on the cistus." 

 Lib. i. c. 128. 



41. The two names occur in Athenaeus, lib. ix. SpaxoVnov, 6 eviot upov. Gerarde says it is 

 eaten, being sodden in two or three waters. 686. 



42. ©o/xof of Hipp, and Theophr. Galen speaks of it as the favourite food of the bees. 

 SprengeL 



44. See Du Cange in v. Auxoj. 



