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Botakt.
11 a t ‘( # R K E‘ T I N W & -& Î AV.'
and-vera, tÉÉ|ÉÉÉ 'W ànùPpeA tine,^pifiacpa nuffrée) ceratonia fdr-
qüa, ^ P # ju n ip e rü s drupacei and Oxycediùs, two of the làrgeft fpe~ *
cies’of this^ènùs heafiy equalling the' i ü i W i i B .. ;
Mdotit Gkffius' and other focky hills in Syria; cupreflu's fempervirens-,
cyprefs ; fhuia orientalis," pihas cedrps;'! 'cedar, a few large trees oi
Whidh ftill remain on Moùat Lebanbriy the venerable Fèlics of its facred
forefts. Hibifcus S y r i i c # diftingtriffièd-by the uncommon fplendöur
óf its- blofloms^ and on this^iràiôunt ranch fcukivated' about? -COnftfintw
nople and other parts; of the Turkiïh empiré; where it does not grow
fpontaneonfly ; § ficué ^eàriçay f e ; ficus-fyeomorns,
abounding in Paleftide 'land ^hæmx' dâStÿhfera
r& tt-m ; quereus:cèrrisfpfickfy ïn fÿ èd ódk, from which are procured
the fineft Aleppo- gâffih; Taurus indica'-; p latanW ^ ffiM isf dnehial
planetroe, highly efteemëd for its fhady tentTike canopy of foliage.
Mimofa arbórea-, ‘'carpinus’dftrya, ‘hof Urnbeam; and memfpermum.
^cddlus; Ithé g g g |S g J
much ufed by the natives for taking fifli, on account of thkirhfarcot'rc
'qualities. Y ‘ ; ' ; ' 2> | U g 'rs* A-m*k*gk,WT-Sffb/c
- Of thè lower trees and ' flowérîng fhrulps tlje principal aré fÿrmga ^
‘ vulgaris, Mac, abdüïïding on the banks offthe'Euphrates - jafminum
fruticofa and officinalis, ye&w and common^jajmipe, found plentifully hi
the thickets and woods of Syria ; the long hollow herns of the latter óf
thefe are in great requeft among the inhabitants, ,as Items ^to their tobacco
pipes r ruta fruticulofa, and linifolia, two fpecies of rue., the former
of which, is rather uncommon, ,andT has been- chiefly found about-,
Damafcus, ; arbutus u.ne:£ a rb ^tyjprunus proftrata, a trailing,.ffirub,
the fmalleft of the pïuni\ànà,K covering the • rocks, near the fummit of
' Mount Lebanon,;' Spartium junceum and fpinofum:, Spanijh&nd thorny
-PremiAoccupying many- of; the. fandy- trafts.. that are, of fuch frequent
.occurrence-in Syria ; neriurn oleander,, a common ornament of every
' rivulet ; tamarix galHca,- tamtitijk : rhus cotinus ; lycium europæum,
boxthorn ; ^ r i t ^alha.^ f e ^ c^ g ;- erica fcoparia, with many other
kinds of heath ; laurus nobifis, bay tree capparis fpinofa, : caper lu/b ;
, ' feveral fpecies, of eiftys, especially, the /age-leaved and gum cijlus,\ and
euphorbia
euphorbia mauritanica, maurifani&njf «>g?■ ,; with the acrid j uice of which Botakv.
the^-fc^mpny|is.nh ^ nfreau£ntly .adulterated.j.^p
SeveralTying dE.ng^and yh^ymattyga medica aire imported
from the Levant, amongwhich tpay^bp p a iticuL^ ^rub ia ' tin&oruin,
??z J l p y a, varietyidf’/ thi^, eaMed alizari, is largely . cultivated around
Smyrna, which yields a-much finjenyed dye/than^ th%jEnrppean kind,
iapd fnp,eriority'p'f'th®.PSeek and Turkifh reds is principally
to be aferibed j^fmilax afpera ; (jpiiyabili| j a l jalap .; convolvulus
fcammonia,ycfl7/^|o«yy ebrd^a.m y t i n d l i o r i u m : rici-
nus communis, the.:fee1d 'pfwhfeho yields hyjexpreffiodj.'Sthe\eaJlor -oth •
feclfeibrfe^elate^iuMi1fquifWng '^ r« ^ ^ > ’h^buihi>s ddl^cyMhiS; joloqnin- ,
t'idh ; papaver fomnifefnm,' fpjfyn'-poppy yvSamuin ouenta#; ahd eof-
.tus Arabicus, ^fptkenard.
’ A few eFcdlfefit-pl'ants not comffiohly'made’nfe Of elfewhere are the
produce of N'ktoha and melongena, thad-appk';
cyperus efculentus, the large aromatic root ef'v^mcb is much efteemed ;
■ eorchoruS olitqrius,' Jews m a llow arUirP c^^afia^ remarkable" for its
tweet Farinaceous root, whi;e thofe or
^.crid.
The following vegetables,, are remarkable: either for their ||auty or
'fingularity: - exoaeantha^fterophyUa, an .umbelliferous gant diftin-
guiffied -by its uncommonly. thorny invoiiicru;*;, found i-n the vicinity
of Nazareth ; di.anthus ' Libano.tis,! Lehanhn pink ; , adthyllis tragacaiir-
thoides,' a rare plant feund.pn Lehanqn‘?. .and'e^nept^jbpiytilu^with
rit&long-clp'fters 'o5 ,purplS ’papilor^c^s.^Wers-i m!fifl;fana,
alfo a native o f Lebanon; afphpteius ,rampfus,.' bran.ched afphpd^?
lilium album^and bulbifernm,' gffijfe*and ;. narciffus t-azetta ;
nrnithogalum umhellatum, jla r .& liyacipthus";orientalis, ’
oriental hyacinth; xeranthemum frigidnm, a beautiful plapt growing
'clofe to the fnow ,on-Mount Leba.non-; l|yofoamus3 aurs ■
Pane ; phyfalis alkekengi;.. w intertfhrry ; atropa,. mandfagora ; ^ calla
(Orientalis ; arum intortu-m.; origanum hemclegticum and . cre-ticum,
Cretan origany ; falvia acetabulpfa ; : thymus maftychina; and anaftatica
i hkrochunti£a,:r0^
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