plants; 25 1 
tinguifliingit from the Gum Arabic, which is brought 
from Suez, another port of the Red Sea, not far 
from Cairo. Befides the different places from which 
thefe gums are brought, they differ alfo in fome 
°jher particulars. The Gum Thus is more pellu- 
cid, white, or of no colour at all ; but the Gum 
Arabic is lefs pellucid, and of a brown or dirty yel- 
low colour. 
24. Anemone coronaria b . Wind-flower of Na- 
tolia, 
I have feen this growing in the plains and bot- 
toms of mountains, near Smyrna in Natolia. 
25. Clematis orientals b . Oriental Virgins Bower. 
This grows in the hedges round Smyrna. 
26. Origanum aegyptiacum c . Wild Marjoram of 
Egypt. 
I have feen this in the gardens at Cairo, being 
totroduced there on account of its fmell; which is 
Wronger than that of the Dittany of Crete (Origa- 
num veticum) aromatic, and comforts the head, 
'f'he Arabians call it Zatarhendi, i. e. Origan um 
todicum. 
27. Nepeta fyriaca, Syrian Nep, 
This grows in great plenty in the gardens, and 
near the walls at Smyrna. 
^ “ Linn. Sp. PI. Pag. 760. N. 8. b P. 765. N. 4. c P. 82Z. 
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