The irtiola[1179] is a vine peculiar to Umbria and the territories of Mevania and Picenum, while the pumula[1180] belongs to Amiternum. In the same districts we find the vine called bannanica,[1181] which is very deceptive, though the people are remarkably fond of its fruit. The municipal town of Pompeii has given its name to the Pompeia,[1182] although it is to be found in greater abundance in the territory of Clusium. The Tiburina, also, is so called from the municipal town of Tibûr[1183], although it is in this district that they have lately discovered the grape known as the “oleaginea,” from its strong resemblance to an olive: this being the very last kind of grape that has been introduced. The Sabines and the Laurentes are the only people acquainted with the vinaciola.[1184] As to the vines of Mount Gaurus,[1185] I am aware that, as they have been transplanted from the Falernian territory, they bear the name of “Falernian;” but it is a fact that the Falernian vine, when transplanted, rapidly degenerates. Some persons, too, have made out a Tarentine variety, with a grape of remarkable sweetness: the grapes of the “capnios,”[1186] the “bucconiatis,”[1187] and the “tarrupia,” grow on the hills of Thurii, and are never gathered till after the frost commences. Pisæ enjoys the Parian vine, and Mutina the prusinian,[1188] with a black grape, the wine of which turns pale within four years. It is a very remarkable thing, but there is a grape here that turns round with the sun, in its diurnal motion, a circumstance from which it has received the name of “streptos.”[1189] In Italy, the Gallic vine is a great favourite, while beyond the Alps that of Picenum[1190] is preferred. Virgil has made mention[1191] of the Thasian vine, the Mareotis, the lagea, and several other foreign varieties, which are not to be found in Italy.