Chap. 102.] THE GBEATEE AIZOUM. 143 



Crete ; but it is in Colchis, on the banks of the river Phasis, 

 and in various other watery localities, that they are found in 

 the greatest abundance. When fresh, they have a more 

 powerful odour than when kept for some time : these of Crete 

 are more blanched than the produce of Pontus. They are cut 

 into pieces about a finger in length, and dried in leather bags 90 

 in the shade. 



There are some authors who give the name of " acoron" to 

 the root of the oxymyrsine ; 91 for which reason also some prefer 

 giving that plant the name of " acorion." It has powerful pro- 

 perties as a calorific and resolvent, and is taken in drink for 

 cataract and films upon the eyes ; the juice also is extracted, 

 and taken for injuries inflicted by serpents. 



CHAP. 101. THE COTYLEDON I TWO VAEIETIES OF IT : SIXTY-ONK 



EEMEDIES. 



The cotyledon 92 is a small herbaceous plant, with a diminu- 

 tive, tender stem, and an unctuous leaf, with a concave surface 

 like that of the cotyloid cavity of the thigh. It grows in 

 maritime and rocky localities, is of a green colour, and has a 

 rounded root like an olive : the juice of it is remedial for 

 diseases of the eyes. 



There is another 93 kind also of the same plant, the leaves of 

 which are of a dirty green 94 colour, larger than those of the 

 other, and growing in greater numbers about the root, which 

 is surrounded with them just as the eye is with the socket. 

 These leaves have a remarkably astringent taste, and the stem 

 is of considerable length, but extremely slender. This plant 

 is employed for the same purposes as the iris and aizourn. 



CHAP. 102. THE GEEATEB AIZOUM, ALSO CALLED BTJPHTHALMOS, 



ZOOPHTHALMOS, STEEGETHEOtf, HYPOGESON, AMBE08ION, AME- 

 EIMNON, SEDUM MAGNUM, OK DIGITELLUS : THIETY-SIX REME- 

 DIES. THE SMALLEK AIZOUM, ALSO CALLED EEITHALES, TEI- 

 THALES, CHEYSOTHALES, ISOETES OB SEDUM : THIETY-TWO 

 EEMEDIES. 



Of the plant known as aizoum 94 * there are two kinds; the 

 9<> " Utribus." 91 s ee B. xv. c. 7. 



92 Identified with the Cotyledon umbilicus of Smith, Ilor. rit., Navel- 

 wort, Kidney-wort, or Wall penny-wort. 



93 Identified by Littre with the Saxifraga media of Gouan ; and by Fee 

 with the Cotyledon serrata of Linnaeus, Saw- toothed navel-woit. 



94 "Sordidis." ''Always living." 



