A Collection of Curious Travels and Voyages, Volume 2 · Body of volume 2 · Section 1
Some Plants obſerv'd by Sir George Wheeler in his Voyage to Greece and Aſia minor.
IN the Scoglio, or Iſland of St. Andre, on the Shore of Iſtria, Scorpioides Limonii foliis, floribus luteis. Limonium reticulatum. Syderitis ſpinoſa. Draba caerulea Cretica. Convolvulus rectus argenteis foliis. Polium Creticum, &c.
On the Rocks near Pola in Iſtria: Caſſia Poetarum. Trifolium Saxatile hirſutiſſimum. Geniſta montana arboreſcens. Tordilium ſive Seſeli Creticum. Tragoriganum Creticum, vel potius Satureia hyberna noſtras. Polium Roriſmarini foliis. Salvia fruticoſa. Abundance of Samphire, and a curious bulboſe Plant, creſted with little Flowers ſtriped with white and Cinnamon colour.
Near Mortaro, thirty miles from Zara: Planta lacteſcens Altheae foliis; 'twas not blown, (it might either be a Tithymal, an Apocinum, or Campanula major lacteſcens Lobel.) Eryngium luteum monſpelienſe, &c.
On the great Rock near Cliſſa: After verbaſci foliis. Jacea incana ſeu argentea Alpin. in Exot. Lotus odoratus. Horminum creticum. Satureia citrii odore. Aſter montanus folio odorato, forſan Aſter montanus luteus glabro Salicis folio Bauhin. Libanotis Ferulae facie. Linum flore luteo. Hieracium flore incarnato. Thlaſpi Saxatile folio Poetarum. Caucalis platyphylla Colum. Caucalis magno flore & fructu. Planta Equiſeti fruteſcentis facie, on the Steeple and hard Walls, (perhaps a Species of Tithymal) 'twas without leaves, but full of joints, with abundance of yellow ſcaly knobs by pairs, between which iſſue forth three or four little Tetrapetaloſe Flowers. Of this I ſaw an Arboreſcent one near Troy.
On the Mountain near Leſina, in the Iſland of Pharos: Aconitum Lycoctinum flore Delphinii, vel Napelli Species. Aloe in Flower. Aſphodelus minor Junci folio, fiſtulosâ non bulbosâ radice. Malva Romana rubra. Juniperus major ſeu oxycedrus. Geniſta Spartium Septimo Bauhini ſimile; the Root is hot of a Spicy taſte. Piloſella major piloſiſſima, &c.
In the Iſland of Corfou: Thymus capitatus Dioſcoridis. Lyſimachia Hyſopi folio. Scabioſa caule altiſſimo, flore nigreſcente, fortè peregrina Bauhin. Cyperus gramineus miliaceus. Scammonea. Acarna flore patulo rubente. Centaurium maj. album. Centaurium rubens Spicatum. Centaurium ramoſum rubens. Centaurium ramoſum album. Vitex flore caeruleo & albo. Conſolida regalis foetida. Glicyrrhiza. Pulegii Species erecto caule, latifolia, incana, & hirſuta. With many others mentioned before.
In the Iſland of Zant: The Curran Grape. White and yellow Melons. A large thin-skin'd Lemon without either Seed or Stone, as alſo the Curran Grapes are. Geniſta ſeu ſpartium foliis argenteis. Convolvulus Sagittariae foliis. Prunella ſpinoſa. Coris Matthioli. Goſſipium ſeu Xylon. Glaux Dioſcoridis. Ciſtus plantaginis folio. Cicer Creticum, &c.
In the Iſle of Cerigo: Dictamnus falſus. Chamaedrys Alpina minima hirſuta. Thymi capitari ſecunda ſpecies foliis minoribus denſius Stipatis. Salvia pomifera ſeu gallifera. Staechas citrina. That Species of Thyme is in Dr. Plukenet's Phytographia, Tab. 116. F. 4.
In the Iſle of Tenos or Tine: Limonium caule ſinuato. Frutex Spinoſus Jaceae albae capitulis. Stachys parva foliis argenteis. Geniſta ſpinoſa floribus rubris.
Near the Ruins of Troy: Quercus glande majore. Goſſipium. Seſamum. Anguria. Tragacantha. Tartonreira Maſſilienſium ſeu Thymelaea incana Sericea, longifolia & latifolia. Paſtinaca echinifera Colum. Jacea lutea capite ſpinoſo. Papaver corniculatum flore tricolore. Pancratium in flower. Verbaſcum marinum laciniatis foliis.
Near Conſtantinople: Abrotanum humile flore Chamaemeli. Serpilli ſpecies foliis Satureiae. Androſaemum flore & thecâ omnium maximis. Guajacum Patavinum.
On Mount Olympus, near Burſa or Pruſa: Abies conis ſurſum ſpectantibus, foliis ſubtùs argenteis. Ciſtus laurinis foliis. Aſter montanus, Linariae folio, flore flavo. Coris ſeu Hypericum foliis criſpis. Hypericum foliis hirſutis, margine crinifero. Aſter Conyzoides Geſn. Aſtragalus Matthiol. flore caeruleo. Pyrola fruteſcens Arbuti folio. Gentianella verna. Senecio incana pinguis. Cerinthe minor. Ciſtus argenteis foliis. Cymbalaria Italica. Calamintha montana praeſtantior. Elichryſon ſive Gnaphalium comâ aureâ. Gramen junceum Echinatum. Millefolium nobile odoratum. Hypericum ſeu Aſcyron magno flore. Panax Heracleum. Gnaphalium repens. Herba Tuitia Auriculae Affinis. Tragacantha. Helleborus niger. Ephedra ſeu Polygonum Scandens bacciferum; climbing up to the tops of the vaſt Plane-trees, according to Bellonius.
In our Journey to Mandragorai, and Courougouli: Scordium lanuginoſum ſive Creticum. Alſine Lotoides ſeu Anthylloides, ſive ſpergulae facie C.B. Gingidum Hiſpanicum. Leucoium Alyſſoides Clypeatum maj. C.B. Origanum Spicatum Mo…is Sipyli foliis giabris.
Near Thyatira: Spartium alterum Monoſpermum, Pſeudoſpartium Hiſpanicum Aphyllon. A Thapſus minor longifolia; or rather a Sideritis or Stachys foliis Salviae argenteis piloſis mollibus; which is the Panacea of the Country People. Scabioſa argentea min.
About Smyrna: Two kinds of Jujubes or Zizyphus. Turpentine-trees, and Maſtick-trees. Smyrnion Creticum. Origanum perenne lignoſum odoratiſſimum. Several ſorts of Olive-trees. Tamarisk and Ricinus, or Palma Chriſti. Near the Gulf of Lepanto: Tithymalus Spinoſus. The Fuſt or yellow Wood uſed to dye with, called by the Greeks Chryſoxulo. Cedrus Lyciae. Ariſarum anguſtifolium. Lamium moſchatum foliorum margine argentato.
About Mount Parnaſſus, Athens, and other places of Attica or Acbaja: Stachys viſcoſo flore luteo, odore Narciſii juncifolii. Petromarula Cretica or Rapunculus Pyramidalis altera. Sabina. Crocus Albus & Luteus. Poterion Plinii, ſmaller than Tragacanth. Polium Gnapholoides. Ilex Chermifera. Acacia Secunda Matthioli. Anemones of all colours. Many Aſters, and Ariſarums. Ariſtolochia Clematitis. Two Aſphodils. Braſſica fruteſcens. Borago variegata Cretica. Cneoron Matth. & Cluſii, ſive Thymelaeae affinis facie externâ. Several Ciſti. Jacea Moſchata, with other Knapweeds. Leontopetalum all over the Plain of Athens. Oleander. Scilla. Scotzonera Cretica Aſphodeli fiſtuloſi facie, Galocorta Graecorum, 'tis the Womens Coſmetick, and Milk-plant. Siliqua Edulis or Carob. Two Thymelaea's, argentea & tomentoſa. Tithymalus Spinoſus. Equiſetum fruteſcens Aphyllon (perhaps a ſort of Tithymal) Lychnis fruteſcens: With many more, which we have either mentioned in other places, or elſe were doubtful of, as a kind of ſmall Silver-leav'd Scabious, and a Dandelyon or Hieracium, with Pilewort or ſmall Colts foot-leaves, with a Root▪ like ſo many Scorpions following one another. A ſort of Medica lunatâ ſiliqua, or Loto affinis ſiliquis hirſutis circinatis. Aſtragalus argenteus or Syriacus.
Near Corinth and the Iſthmus: Pinùs Maritima with ſmall Cones. Cedrus▪ Lycia vel Sabina baccifera. Ceratia or Siliqua Arbor. Lentiſcus. Olea Sylv. Scabioſa argentea petraea. Ariſtolochiae Clematitis ſpecies. Linaria latifolia valentina Cluſii, the flowers beautiful with three colours. Androſaemum umbelliferum. Scorzonera bulboſa. Arbutus folio non ſerrato, Comarea Dioſcoridis Adrachne Theophraſti.
For theſe the Reader may conſult Mr. Ray's Collection of Exotick Catalogues, eſpecially the Oriental one, where the ſynonymous Names are added.