By the Rev. Robert Walsh. 



Quercus ^Egilops. 



Coccifera. 



Pubescens. 



The first of these is distinguished by its large cup. When 

 I passed through Asia Minor, in August, they were beating 

 the trees with poles, to collect these cups, which are ex- 

 ported to Europe, for dying, under the name of Valonia. 

 The second abounds in the islands of the Archipelago, and 

 on the hills in the Bosphorus. The third is a fine and beau- 

 tiful tree, the leaves are covered with down, and the branches, 

 when young, are pendulous like willows. 



Pinus Maritima. 

 Pinea. 



These two species of Pine clothe the islands in the sea of 

 Marmora. The cones of the latter are gathered, and sold in 

 the markets. When exposed to the fire, they open, and the 

 seeds, as large as hazel nuts, then drop out ; they are eaten 

 like nuts, and called by the Turks Fistik. 



Lavandula Stcechas. 

 This fragrant and beautiful Lavandula covers the hills in all 

 the islands of the Archipelago, and sea of Marmora ; though 

 it was originally called Xrotxae by Dioscorides,* from the 

 Stoechades, now the Hieres Islands, near Marseilles, from 

 whence it first came. It is very difficult to cultivate it in a 

 garden. 



* Lib. iii. cap. 31. 



