Ivi 



INTRODUCTION. 



Walafrid Strabo selected twenty-three 

 plants as subjects for liis poetry, viz. : — 



The plants celebrated in Macer Floridus 

 are seventy-seven, and they have been 

 identified by Choulant, as follows : — 



Ai'temisia ; 9Beifug§ ; Artemisia vulgaris. 



Abrotanum; (Stafcirurj ; Artemisia Abrota- 

 num. 



Absinthium ; SQBermut ; Artemisia Absin- 

 thium. 



Urtica ; 0lcffel ; Urtica pilulifera and dioica. 



Allium ; ^nobtaucf; ; Allium sativum. 



Plantago ; SBegel^rcit ; Plantago major and 

 lanceolata. 



Ruta ; Sftaute ; Ruta graveolens. 



Apium ; ©VVic^ J Apium graveolens. 



Althaea ; Gibifc^ ; Althsea oflScinalis. 



Anethum; 2)itt; Anethum graveolens. 



