Chap. 23.] THE ANCHUS4. 409 



sort of quinsy ; from which circumstance it has received the 

 name of " ulophonon"^^ from some, as also that of cynozolon-* 

 from its offensive smell. These plants produce also a viscus, 

 which is a most excellent remedy for ulcers. The roots of all 

 the different kinds are an antidote to the sting of the scorpion. 



CHAP. 22. (19.) THE C0R0^^0PUS. 



The coronopus^^ is an elongated plant, with fissures in the 

 leaves. It is sometimes cultivated, as the root, roasted in 

 hot ashes, is found to be an excellent remedy for cceliac com- 

 plaints. 



CHAP. 23. (20.) — THE anchusa; fourteen remedies. 



The root of the anchusa,*^ too, is made use of, a plant a 

 finger in thickness. It is split into leaves like the papyrus, 

 and when touched it stains the hands the colour of blood ; it 

 is used for imparting rich colours to wool. Applied with 

 cerate it heals ulcerous sores, those of aged people in parti- 

 cular : it is employed also for the cure of burns. It is in- 

 soluble in water, but dissolves in oil, this being, in fact, the 

 test of its genuineness. It is administered also, in doses of 

 one drachma, in wine, for nephretic pains, or else, if tliere is 

 fever, in a decoction of balanus ;" it is employed in a similar 

 manner, also, for affections of the liver and spleen, and for en- 

 larged secretions of the bile. Applied with vinegar, it is used 

 for the cure of leprosy and the removal of freckles. The 

 leaves, beaten up with honey and meal, are applied topically for 

 sprains; and taken in honied wine, in doses of two drachmae, 

 they arrest looseness of the bowels.^ A decoction of the root 

 in water, it is said, kills fleas. 



23 From ovXov (bovop, "dreadful death," a name which, Fee observes, 

 it does not merit, its properties not being poisonous. 



2^ From Kvvog o^rj, " smell of a dog." This is a more justifiable ap- 

 pellation, as the smell of it is very disagreeable. 



-5 The Cochlearia coronopus of Linnaeus, crow's-foot, or buck's-horn 

 plantain. 



26 The Anchusa tinctoriaof Linnaeus, alkanet, orcanet, or dyers' bugloss. 



27 See B. xii. c. 46. 



38 This plant is no longer used for medicinal purposes ; but Fee thinks 

 that, as the leaves in all probability contain nitrate of potash, they may 

 have diuretic properties. 



