Vlll CONTENTS. 



Chap. Page 



107. A plant growing on the banks of a river : one remedy . . 69 



108. Tlie herb called lingua : one remedy .. .. .. .. ib. 



109. Plants that take root in a sieve : one remedy .. .. ., ib. 



110. Plants growing upon dunghills : one remedy ., .. .. ib. 



111. Plants that have been moistened with the urine of a dog : one 



remedy . . , . . . . . . . . . . . ib. 



112. The rodarura : three remedies .. .. .. .. .. ih. 



113. The plant called impia : two remedies .. .. .. .. 70 



114. The plant called Venus' comb : one remedy .. .. .. ib. 



115. The exedum. The plant called notia : two remedies . . .. 71 



116. The philanthropes: one remedy. The lappa canaria : two 



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



117. Tordylon or syreon : three remedies .. .. .. .. ib. 



118. Gramen : seventeen remedies .. .. .. .. .. 72 



119. Dactylos : five remedies . . ., .. .. .. .. 73 



120. Fenugreek or silicia : thirty-one remedies .. .. .. 74 



BOOK XXV. 



THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE WILD PLANTS. 



1. When the wild plants were first brought into use . . . . 77 



2. The Latin authors who have written upon those plants . . 78 



3. At what period the Romans acquired some knowledge of tliis 



subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ib. 



4. Greek authors who have delineated the plants in colours . . 80 



5. The first Greek authors who wrote upon plants . . . . ib. 



6. Why a few of the plants only have been used medicinally. 



Plants, the medicinal properties of which have been miracu- 

 lously discovered. The cynorrhodos : two remedies. The 

 plant called dracunculus : one remedy. The britannica : five 



remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 



7. What diseases are attended with the greatest pain. Names of 



persons who have discovered famous plants . . . . . . 86 



8. Moly : three remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 



9. The dodecatheos : one remedy . . . . . . . . . . 88 



10. The pseonia, pcntorobus, or glycyside : one remedy .. .. ib. 



11. The panaces asclepion : two remedies .. .. .. .. 89 



12. The panaces heracleon : three remedies . . .. .. .. 90 



13. The panaces chironion : four remedies .. ., .. .. ib. 



14. The panaces centaurion or pharnacion : three remedies .. ib. 



15. The heracleon siderion : four remedies .. .. .. .. 91 



16. The ampelos chironia : one remedy .. .. .. .. ib. 



17. Ilyoscyamos, known also as the apollinaris or altercum ; five 



varieties of it : three remedies .. .. .. . ib. 



18. Linozostis, parthenion, hermupoa, or mercurialis : two varieties 



of it : twenty-two remedies . . . . . . . . 92 



19. The achilleos, sideritis, panaces heracleon, millefolium, or scopaB 



regiae , six varieties of it ; three remedies .. .. .. 94 



