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and by others, Antilalhx: it is a pretty retired vale, the entrance of which is
formed by the Clironian mountain; il is watered by the Cladeus, which,
however honoured by the ancient El cans, is but an insignificant rivulet. This
valley is cultivated, and the mountains here, as well as throughout Olympia,
are clothed with magnificent pines, which are striking from the peculiar
roundness of their forms*. We saw no appearance of the village of
Ahdilalo mentioned by Fauvel, unless a mill on the banks of the Cladeus,
be all of il that now remains. The only village we perceived at Olympia,
was that of Miraka, situated on a summit above the plain, to the north-cast,
and overlooking a small vale which is beautifully ornamented by a variety
of shrubs, and by a stream which flows through a steep and rocky bed to
join the Alpheus.
* I ant indebted to Sir J nines Smith, President- of the t.iimc.in Sucie.lv, for the name (if litis tree, Pinns
Murium;]. He states that it is little known by botanists, rout scarcely cultivated in Knglatid; and, if it
was by Miller, in l?.i!), as appears by his Gardener's Dictionary (jiioieil in Alton's Ilortus Kewcnsis, it
was not long preserved. I planted some at Cannon Hall fiom seeds which 1 bmuiilit from Olympia, lint most
of the plants perished from ilu: severity of the winter of 1S\.';>. They appeared to me to be almost as rapid in
their growth as the latch. Sir James informs me, that it is his intention to introduce a history and description
of this plant, with a figure, not yet engraved, in the last Vol. of the flora Grcrra. lie has already mentioned
it in the and Vol. Prodr. PI. Gtmcte, Vol. 2. p. S4ff.
228*. PnuuflMri/iHM. Willd. Sp. PI. v. 4. d.97. Lamb. Pin. 13. t. 10.
niomj Diosc.
in:**, Aotlii.
Icon, Ft. Grax. 1. 9*3.
In depvessis arenosis sicei
sGrt
*ci(B ubitjne ocein
rit. In Elide puvcipue Inn
mint. D. HawMn
S. T..
Matciium navakm optin
rsilalissimmn, net
noil piecm at- terchinthui
.1, prrebct. Htec 1
mica bujt
generis species in Cypro invoi
Siblliorp.
formed by the Clironian mountain; il is watered by the Cladeus, which,
however honoured by the ancient El cans, is but an insignificant rivulet. This
valley is cultivated, and the mountains here, as well as throughout Olympia,
are clothed with magnificent pines, which are striking from the peculiar
roundness of their forms*. We saw no appearance of the village of
Ahdilalo mentioned by Fauvel, unless a mill on the banks of the Cladeus,
be all of il that now remains. The only village we perceived at Olympia,
was that of Miraka, situated on a summit above the plain, to the north-cast,
and overlooking a small vale which is beautifully ornamented by a variety
of shrubs, and by a stream which flows through a steep and rocky bed to
join the Alpheus.
* I ant indebted to Sir J nines Smith, President- of the t.iimc.in Sucie.lv, for the name (if litis tree, Pinns
Murium;]. He states that it is little known by botanists, rout scarcely cultivated in Knglatid; and, if it
was by Miller, in l?.i!), as appears by his Gardener's Dictionary (jiioieil in Alton's Ilortus Kewcnsis, it
was not long preserved. I planted some at Cannon Hall fiom seeds which 1 bmuiilit from Olympia, lint most
of the plants perished from ilu: severity of the winter of 1S\.';>. They appeared to me to be almost as rapid in
their growth as the latch. Sir James informs me, that it is his intention to introduce a history and description
of this plant, with a figure, not yet engraved, in the last Vol. of the flora Grcrra. lie has already mentioned
it in the and Vol. Prodr. PI. Gtmcte, Vol. 2. p. S4ff.
228*. PnuuflMri/iHM. Willd. Sp. PI. v. 4. d.97. Lamb. Pin. 13. t. 10.
niomj Diosc.
in:**, Aotlii.
Icon, Ft. Grax. 1. 9*3.
In depvessis arenosis sicei
sGrt
*ci(B ubitjne ocein
rit. In Elide puvcipue Inn
mint. D. HawMn
S. T..
Matciium navakm optin
rsilalissimmn, net
noil piecm at- terchinthui
.1, prrebct. Htec 1
mica bujt
generis species in Cypro invoi
Siblliorp.