Chap. 117.] TORDILON OR SYREON. 71 



with mallows, extracts all foreign substances from the human 

 body. 



CHAP. 115. THE EXEDTJM. THE PLANT CALLED NOTIA I TWO 



REMEDIES. 



The plant called " exedum" 30 is curative of lethargy. The 

 herbaceous plant called "notia," which is used by curriers 

 for dyeing leather a bright, cheerful colour, and known by 

 them under various names is curative of cancerous ulcers ; 

 I find it also stated that, taken in wine or in oxycrate, it is 

 extremely efficacious for stings inflicted by scorpions. 



CHAP. 116. THE PHILANTHROPOS : ONE REMEDY. THE LAPPA 



CANARIA I TWO REMEDIES. 



The Greeks wittily give the name of " philanthropes" 31 to a 

 certain plant, because it attaches itself to articles of dress. 3 - 

 A chaplet made of this plant has the effect of relieving head- 

 ache. 



As to the plant known as the " lappa canaria," 33 beaten up 

 in wine with plantago and mille folium, 34 it effects the cure of 

 carcinomatous sores, the application being removed at the end of 

 three days. Taken out of the ground without the aid of iron, 

 and thrown into their wash, or given to them in wine and milk, it 

 cures diseases in swine. Some persons add, however, that the 

 person, as he takes it up, must say " This is the plant arge- 

 mon, a remedy discovered by Minerva for such swine as shall 

 taste thereof/* 



CHAP. 117. TORDYI/XN" OR SYREON I THREE REMEDIES. 



Tordylon is, according to some authorities, the seed of sili, 35 

 while according to others it is a distinct plant, 36 known also 

 as " syreon." I find no particulars relative to it, except that 



30 Fee queries whether this may not possibly he the Rhus coriaria of 

 Linnaeus, elm-leaved sumach, mentioned in B. xiii. c. 13. He would 

 appear, however, to have confounded it with the Notia, next mentioned. 



31 " Man-loving," or rather " attached to man." Identified with the 

 Galium aparine of Linnaeus, goose-grass, or common ladies bedstraw ; the 

 seeds of which attach themselves to the dress. 32 See B. xxi. c. 64. 



33 The dog -bur. The Lappa tomentosa of Lamarck. See B. xxvi. c. 65. 



34 See c. 95 of this Book. 



35 Or hartwort; see B. xx. cc. 18, 87. 



38 The Tordylium officinale of Linnaeus, officinal hart- wort. 



