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NATURAL HISTORY. 



64. Tamus Communis, o@pjm§4 The shoots are gathered and boiled 

 as asparagus in the Spring. 



65. Ceratonia Siliqua, £uXo>cep»Tia, grows abundantly in the forest of 

 Sarando-potamo. It abounds also in Cyprus, where it still retains its an- 

 cient name *sp<*T<a. The fruit is considered an object of commerce, and 

 more than twenty loads annually are exported to the coast of Syria. 



66. Rhamnus Graecus. The berries of this are collected and sold 

 to the dyers for dyeing a yellow colour. 



67. Orchis Mascula, <ra.pviKo@oTuvi. The Salep consumed in great 

 quantity by the Turks at Constantinople is made of the bulbous roots 

 of different species of orchis and ophrys, which grow in an open and 

 dry soil. The ancient names are forgotten, though their aphrodisiac 

 qualities are still held in esteem by the Turks. 



68. Populus Nigra, Xtuxy, grows near Lebadea in Boeotia, and is 

 called by the same name as the white poplar. 



69. Saccharum Ravennae, jc«A«p, grows abundantly on the road 

 side between Thespia and Lebadea. The peasants make use of it for 

 covering their Callivia and hovels. 



70. Sambucus Nigra, xov<p6%v\ov. This grows about Lebadea, and 

 forms the hedge to the vineyards. The flowers in Zante are used in 

 infusion as a collyrium. 



ZANTE. 



71. Verbena Officinalis. On the 24th June, the day of St. John, 

 the Zantiotes carry this plant in their cincture, as an amulet to drive 

 away evil spirits, and to preserve them from various mischief. 



Notes by the Editor. 



63. The fojaj of Theophrastus and Diosc. Pap. somniferum is ^xiey of Dioscor. "A 

 pristinis inde temporibus, caulis largiebatur succum, opium nostrum, quod vY,wev6sg dictum. 

 Odys. iv. Sprengel. His. R. H. i. 25. In his route across Asia Minor, Mr. Browne ob- 

 served abundance of opium collected near Angora. 



64. Bp uwv»K of Nicander, Ther. which is explained by &y.we\os Stypia in the Vatican MS. 

 See T. viii. Notice des MS. du Roi. 



68. " uiyaipo<popo; r\ ^otcorla" says M. Tyrius, Diss. 29. 



71. Now called a-Tuupofioruvrj, it is the kpa. fioruvri of Dioscoridcs. — Prod. Fl. Gr. ii. 402. 



