PLANTS OF GREECE. 



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third time. It is considered as the most detrimental weed in the 

 bean-field. 



45. Malva Sylvestris, po\u%ot in Cyprus. The wild mallow is very 

 common about Athens. The leaves are boiled and eaten as a pot- 

 herb, and an ingredient in the Dolma. 



46. Scolymus Maculatus, a,<rn6\vu.^o. The young leaves of this 

 plant are eaten as a sallad. 



47. Erigeron Graveolens, xovorQa. ; ^wla-r^a. in the Morea ; the 

 expressed herb gives a green colour, and is used by the Albanian 

 women in dyeing their yam. Powdered and applied as a cataplasm 

 to the head it destroys lice. The gummy juice exuding from the 

 stalk and leaves, entangles bugs, fleas, and other insects ; and with 

 this view is laid by the Greek peasants under their beds. 



48. Agaricus Campestris, a^Wtij?, most frequently found in the 

 old pcZvtyoi', where the sheep and goats have fed. It is esteemed 

 here as the best sort of mushroom. The Agaricus Procerus is also 

 called by the same name, and eaten by the Greeks. 



49. Scilla Officinalis, o-KtWoxpopp J< ; this is common on Hymettus 

 and throughout Attica. The root is used medicinally, made into an 

 electuary. 



50. Euphorbia Characias, <p\o'pos. This is used by the Greek 

 fishermen to poison the fish ; but caught by these means, they 

 become putrid a short time after they are taken. 



51. Osyris Alba, Trkevpiro.jiop™, a decoction of the root being taken 

 in pleurisies. It is called in Zante 'm^iopkt^ as brushes are made of 

 it, and v-bxnivoa-ttot^ro from the fruit which is red. 



52. Punica Granatum, %o<$ix, grows near Phalerus ; but is here pro- 

 bably the outcast of the garden. It grows abundantly about Daulis, 

 and is frequent in Bceotia. 



Notes by the Editor. 



47. The xo'vujja /j.si%a>v of Dioscorides. 



48. Mvxus of Theophrastus ; ajxav'/rijf, Botanicorum vox. See Thorn. Magis. Oudend. 

 620. 



