Chap. 97.] THE MYRRHIS. 61 



water, and then beaten up with the addition of oil of roses, 

 arrest the growth of corrosive ulcers. But there is one very 

 marvellous fact connected with this plant it is quite sufficient 

 to touch the sexual parts of any female animal with it to cause 

 its instantaneous death. 



CHAP. 95. THE MILLEFOLITJM OE MYRIOPHYLLON ; SEVEN 



REMEDIES. 



The myriophyllon, 72 by our people known as the "mille- 

 folium " has a tender stem, somewhat similar to fennel-giant 

 in appearance, with vast numbers of leaves, to which circum- 

 stance it is indebted for its name. It grows in marshy lo- 

 calities, and is remarkably useful for the treatment of wounds. 

 It is taken in vinegar for strangury, affections of the bladder, 

 asthma, and falls with violence ; it is extremely efficacious also 

 iior tooth -ache. 



In Etruria, the same name is given to a small meadow- 

 plant, 73 provided with leaves at the sides, like hairs, and par- 

 ticularly useful for wounds. The people of that country say 

 that, applied with axle-grease, it will knit together and unite 

 the tendons of oxen, when they have been accidentally severed 

 by the plough-share. 74 



CHAP. 96. THE PSEUDOBUNION *. FOUR REMEDIES. 



The pseudobunion 75 has the leaves of the turnip, and grows 

 in a shrub-like form, about a palm in height; the most 

 esteemed being that of Crete. For gripings of the bowels, stran- 

 gury, and pains of the thoracic organs, some five or six sprigs 

 of it are administered in drink. 



CHAP. 97. THE MYRRHIS, MYRIZA, OR MYRRHA I SEVEN 



REMEDIES. 



The myrrhis, 76 otherwise known as the myriza or myrrha, 



72 Or " ten thousand leaves." The Myriophyllum spicatura of Linnaeus, 

 according to most authorities, though Fee considers it very doubtful. 



73 Possibly the Achillea millefolium of Linnaeus, our milfoil or yarrow. 

 It is still said to have the property of healing wounds made by edge-tools, 

 for which reason it is known in France as the " carpenter's plant." 



74 This assertion, as Fee remarks, is more than doubtful. 



75 " Bastard turnip." Desfontaincs identifies it with the Bunium aro- 

 maticum ; Fee queries whether it may not be the Pimpinella tennis of 

 Sieber, found in Crete. The Berberis vulgaris has been also suggested. 



76 Desfontaincs- identifies it with the Scandix odorata of Linnaeus. Har- 



