ISLAND OF SYROS. 151 
also in Seriphos: but Syra is the only place CHAP. 
in all Greece whence we were able to obtain 
specimens ; and we did not find these ourselves 
upon the island \ Perhaps the season was too 
far advanced to observe this beautiful ornament 
of the Grecian Isles ; for we were unable to find 
many other rarities which have been described 
as natives of Syra, although we remained two 
days in search of them, particularly the plant 
which produces the Persian Manna, mentioned 
by Tournefort*, Hedysarum Alhagi. The Dian- 
thus arboreus, both in Syra and in Seriphos 3 , 
sprouts out of the crevices of the most rugged 
and otherwise barren rocks. It was raised 
from seed in the Royal Garden at Paris, in the 
time of Tournefort; " where," says this author 4 , 
" it has sustained no change by its altered 
situation, but maintains the honours of Greece 
(1) We were indebted for them to the kindness of Mr. Dodwell, 
who visited Syra, in company with Sir William Cell. The former has 
since distinguished himself by his indefatigable researches in Greece, 
particularly by the attention he has bestowed upon the antient sepul- 
chres of the country. 
(2) Tvurnefort, Voyage du Levant, torn. II. p. 4. Lyon, 1717. It 
is the Alhagi Maurvrum of Rauwolf. Sir George Whehr found it in 
Tfnos. Manna is found on this plant, in Mesopotamia, and in other 
Eastern countries. (See RusseVs Aleppo.) It grows plentifully near 
Tawis. 
(3) Tournef. ibid., torn. I. p. 219. 
(4) Ibid. 
