260 PLINY'S NATURAL HISTORY. [Book XIY. 



"Wines are made, too, of other herbs, the nature of which will 

 be mentioned in their respective places, the stcechas 64 for 

 instance, the root of gentian, 65 tragoriganum, 66 dittany, 67 foal- 

 foot, 68 daucus, 69 elelisphacus, 70 panax, 71 acorus, 72 conyza, 73 

 thyme, 74 mandragore, 75 and sweet rush. 76 "We find the names 

 mentioned, also, of scyzinum, 77 itaaomelis, and lectisphagites, 

 compounds of which the receipt is now lost. 



The wines that are made from the shrubs are mostly ex- 

 tracted from the two kinds of cedar, 78 the cypress, 79 the laurel, 80 

 the juniper, 81 the terebinth, 82 and in Gaul the lentisk. 83 To 

 make these wines, they boil either the berries or the new wood 

 of the shrub in must. They employ, also, the wood of the 

 dwarf olive, 84 the ground-pine, 85 and the germander 86 for a 

 similar purpose, adding at the same time ten drachms of the 

 flower to a congius of must. 



64 Lavendula stoechas of Linnaeus. See B. xxvii. c. 107. 



65 Gentiana lutea of Linnaeus. See B. xxv. c. 34. Gentian wine is 

 still made. 



66 Thymus tragoriganum of Linnaeus. See B. xx. c. 68. 



67 Origanum dictamnus of Linnaeus. See B. xxv. c. 63. 

 6S Asarum Europaeum of Linnaeus. See B. xii. c. 27. 



69 Query, if not carrot ? See B. xxv. c. 64. 



70 A variety of salvia or sage : it will be mentioned again, further on. 



71 Laserpitium hirsutum of Linnaeus. See B. xxv. cc. 11, 12, and 13. 



72 Acorus calamus of Linnaeus. See B. xxv. c. 100. 



73 See B. xxi. c. 32. ? 4 See B. xxi. c. 31. 



. 75 Atrapora mandragora of Linnaeus. This wine would act as a narcotic 

 poison, it would appear. 



76 Andropogon schoenanthus of Linnaeus. See B. xxi. c. 72. 



77 The origin and meaning of these names are unknown. 



73 See B. xii. c. 11. Juniperus Lycia, and Juniperus Phcenicea of 

 Linnaeus. 



79 Cupressus sempervirens of Linnaeus. 



80 Laurus nobilis of Linnaeus. See B. xv. c. 39. 

 S1 Juniperus communis of Linnaeus. 



83 See B. xiii. c. 12. The Pistacia terebinthus of Linnaeus. 



83 See B. xii. c. 36. The Pistacia lentiscus of Linnaeus. 



84 " Chamelaea." The Granium Cnidium, Daphne Cnidium, and Daphne 

 cneorum of Linnaeus. See B. xiii. c. 35. Venomous plants, which, taken 

 internally, would be productive of dangerous results. 



35 Chamaepitrys. The Teucrium chamaepitrys of Linnaeus. See B. xxv. 

 c. 20. 



86 Chamaedrys. The Teucrium chamaedrys of Linnaeus. See B. xxiv. 

 c. 80. Dioscorides mentions most of these so-called wines. 



