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memorial of the image. It has no resemblance to the appear¬ 
ance of any Grecian Deity ; the calathus . or rather the pileus 
upon its head, is like that seen upon Indian or Chinese idols ; 
and this further coincides with the history of the worship of 
Sera pis, transferred by one of the Ptolemies from Asia to Egypt* 
In the evening we mounted our mules, and again returned to 
Attien. Our good friend Mr. Sekis had ladeu an ass with all 
sorts of provisions for our journey, hut we would only accepts 
basket of his fine apricots. These he said were nothing in com- 
parisoo with the apricots he received annually from Famagosta, 
yet they were the finest we had ever seen. We met caravans 
of camels in our way to Attien, marching according to the order 
always observed in the east; that is to say, in aline, one after 
the other; the whole caravan being preceded by an ass, with a 
bell about its neck- Camels never seem to seek the shade: when 
left to repose, they kneel down, exposed to the hottest beams of 
the sun. Trees v however, are rarely seen in this part of the 
Island : the inhabitants relate, that eastward of Nicotia, toward 
Baffa, the country being more mountainous, is also well co¬ 
vered with wood * The rivers of Cyprus are dry during the 
summer months. Sudden rain swells them into torrents. Some 
fell during the second night we passed at Attien. In the morn¬ 
ing, two hours before sunrise, we set out for Larneca; and 
having to cross a bridge, found it shaking so violently with the 
impetuosity of the rvater, that we feared it would fall. The 
ancient Cypriots pretended, that their paphian altars, although 
exposed to the atmosphere, were never wetted by rain. Proba¬ 
bly they would not have escaped drenching during the showers 
* The list of plants found during this visit to Cyprus, being too long to be inserted 
here, we shall only mention three new discovered species. 
"L A non descript, tall, branchy, strong-thorned species of ononis. This we have 
called ononis macracantha. Ononis caitle suffrutescente ranUsque sr-vnocisfoliis 
superionbns solitariis obovatis glandulosis apice dentatis fc'ibvs solitaries pedun- 
eulatis—Caulis ramtisissimm , jlexuosus, deorsum , fursvtus Ro?ni valdc spinosi, 
acuti , crassi , rigidi. supra glabri. Spince foliates validate jlorifcran svbbina. Folia 
petiolala tineas ires lortga, inferior a nonvidi. Pedunculi breves Calyces glaMuliferi 
corolla bnviores , basin versus pilosi . 
>[1. A non descript species of Euphorbia. This we ha.ve called euphorbia >a ala- 
chophylla. Euphorbia dichotoma, foliis ovaUs, acute deniicvla-lis h l?s m • ■ mol- 
Jibus ; pcditnculis solitariis unifioris, petalis laciniatis.—Plant a- am-ua magn.-indine 
E. s.cordifoliae tola hirsvta. Folia exactc ovata, tineas octo ad d node dm la ga f 'mu~ 
crone innocuo terminaia, basin versus integerrima. Petioli foliis ter hrevioris,?~ 
Flores $ -dichotomiis pedunculati parvi. 
III. A non-descript species of ccntaurea, or sar thistle. This we have 'called cen* 
taurea monacantha. Cenlaurea divuricalf cahjcis foliolis inhgris spina sitn~ 
f licissma ierminatis , glabris ; /bins superioribus spinoso denUculalis. lanceolate oh' 
ongis ; inferioribus denialo p l hnqtijidis , sedbris—Planta hmiilis ramosissima *, : ami 
: divaricate dichotomy. Capitula scssUia. Cali/ds foliolis arete imbricatis glabris 
.margin e scariosis. Spines patulfy validissinus. 
