CONTENTS. ^ IX 



Chap, ^ Page 



20. The teucrion, hemionion, or splenion : two remedies . . . . 95 



21. Melampodium, hellebore, or veratrura ; three varieties of it. 



The way in which it is gathered, and how the quality of it is 



tested 96 



22. Twenty-four remedies derived from black hellebore. How it 



should be taken .. .. .. .. .. .. 98 



23. Twenty-three remedies derived from white hellebore , . . . 99 



24. Eighty-eight observations upon the two kinds of hellebore . . 100 



25. To what persons hellebore should never be administered .. 101 



26. The mithridatia 102 



27. The scordotis or scordion : four remedies . . . . . . ib. 



28. Thepoleraonia, philetisria, or chiliodynamus: six remedies .. ib. 



29. The eupatoria : one remedy . . . . . . . . . . 103 



30. Centaurion or chironion : twenty remedies . . . . . . ib. 



31. The centaurion lepton, or libadion, known also as fel terrae : 



twenty-two remedies .. .. .. ., ., .. 104 



32. The centauris triorchis : two remedies .. .. .. .. ib. 



33. Clymenus : two remedies .. ., .. ., .. 105 



34. Gentian : thirteen remedies . . . . , . . . . . ih. 



35. The lysimachia : eight remedies . . . . . . . . 106 



36. Artemisia, parthenis, bofrys, or ambrosia: five remedies .. ib. 



37. Nymphaea, heracleon, rhopalon, or madon; two varieties of it: 



four remedies .. .. .. .. .. .. ., 107 



38. Two varieties of euphorbia : four remedies. The ohamelaea . . ib. 



39. Two varieties of the plautago : forty-six remedies .. .. 109 



40. Buglossos : three remedies . . . . . . . . . . ib. 



41. Cyncglossos : three reuiedies .. .. .. .. .. HO 



42. The buphthalmos or cachia : one remedy . . . . . . ib. 



43. Plants which have been discovered by certain nations. The 



scythice: one remedy .. .. .. .. .. .. ib. 



44. The hippace : three remedies .. .. ., .. ..Ill 



45. The ischsemon : two remedies .. .. .. .. .. ib. 



46. The cestros,psychotrophon, vettonica, orserratula : forty-eight 



remedies .. .. .. ., .. ., .. ib. 



47. The cantabrica : two remedies .. .. .. .. ..112 



48. Consiligo : one remedy . . . . . , . . . . , , ib. 



49. The iberis : seven remedies .. .. ., .. .. 113 



50. Plants which have been discovered by certain animals. Cheli- 



donia: six remedies .. .. .. .. ., .. 114 



51. The dog-plant : one remedy .. .. .. .. .. ib. 



52. The elaphoboscon . . .. .. .. .. .•. .. 115 



53. Dictamnon ; eight remedies. Psendodictamnon or chondris. In 



what places the most powerful plants are found. How that 

 milk is drunk in Arcadia for the beneficial efi'ects of the 



plants upon which the cattle feed . . . . . . . . ib. 



54. The aristolochiii, clematitis, cretica, plistolochia, lochia polyr- 



rhizos, or apple of the earth : twenty-two remedies . . 116 



65. The employment of these plants for injuries inflicted by serpents 118 



56. The argemouia : four remedies .. .. .. .. .. 119 



