ATHENS. 
among the ruins : it was now in seed 3 ; and we 
collected the capsules to send to England*. 
This was the only spot in all Greece where we 
remarked this plant. The observations of 
former travellers prove it to be an Athenian 
plant 5 ; yet it had been transported to England, 
and >vas cultivated there so early as the 
beginning of the last century". 
On the following day we set out to visit those 
prodigious columns, which, owing to their mag- 
nitude and situation, are almost everywhere in 
view, bearing traditionally the name of Hadrians 
Pillars. In our way thither, we passed beneath 
an arch which conducted from the old city of ^ c * ?/ 
J Hadrian. 
Theseus to the New Athens built by Hadrian; 
upon which the several appellations of Porta 
Hadriana, Arch of Theseus, and Arch of &geus, 
have been bestowed 7 . Its situation with respect 
(3) October 30. 
(4) We collected many rare plants in the neighbourhood of Athens; 
but the specimens were destroyed in their passage home, by the 
wreck of the princessa merchantman, off SencJiy Head. 
(5) It was found near to Athens, by John Sillhorpe, M.D. Professor 
of Botany at Oxford. 
(6) In 1727, according to Bradley. See Martin's edit, of Miller's 
Diet. Land. 1807. 
(7) See Wheler, Span, Lettoy, Stuart, Chandler, &c. &c. See also 
the Plan, Vignette to the preceding Chapter, No. 18. 
