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To the Furies was consecrated the Juniper ; the Fates wore 

 wreaths of the Narcissus, and the Muses Bay-leaves. 



The Grecian Centaurs, half men, half horses, like their Indian 

 brethren the Gandharvas, understood the properties of herbs, and 

 cultivated them ; but, as a rule, they never willingly divulged to 

 mankind their knowledge of the secrets of the vegetable world. 

 Nevertheless, the Centaur Chiron instructed iEsculapius, Achilles, 

 ^neas, and other heroes in the polite arts. Chiron had a panacea 

 of his own, which is named after him Chironia Cenfauyium, or 

 Gentiana Ccntaurium; and, as a vulnerary, the Ampelos Chironia oi 

 Pliny, or Tamns communis. In India, on account of the shape of 

 its leaves, the Ricinus communis is called Gandharvahasta (having the 

 hands of a Gandharva). 



