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sembles the cabbage, but has only two leaves. Polemonia, 33 

 too, boiled in oil, imparts blackness to the hair. 



As for depilatories, I reckon them in the number of cos- 

 metics, fit for women only, though men use them now-a-days. 

 For this purpose archezostis 34 is looked upon as highly 

 efficacious, as also juice of tithymalos, 35 applied with oil 

 every now and then in the sun, or after pulling out the hairs. 

 Hyssop, applied with oil, heals itch-scab in beasts, and side- 

 ritis 36 is particularly useful for quinzy in swine. 



But let us now turn to the remaining plants of which we 

 have to speak. 



SUMMARY. Remedies, narratives, and observations, one 

 thousand and nineteen. 



ROMAN AUTHORS QUOTED. M. Varro, 37 C. Valgius, 38 Pom- 

 peius Lenseus, 39 Sextius Niger 40 who wrote in Greek, Julius 

 Bassus 41 who wrote in Greek, Antonius Castor, 42 Cornelius 

 Celsus. 43 



FOREIGN AUTHORS QUOTED. Theophrastus, 44 Democritus, 46 

 Juba, 46 Orpheus, 47 Pythagoras, 48 Mago, 49 Menander M who wrote 

 the " Biochresta," Nicander, 61 Homer, Hesiod, 52 Musaeus, 53 

 Sophocles, 54 Xanthus, 55 Anaxilaiis. 56 



MEDICAL AUTHORS QUOTED. Mnesitheus, 57 Callimachus, 68 



ovata or bifolia of Linnaeus, Ivy blade. The indentations in the leaves 

 are almost imperceptible. 



8 s See B. xxv. c. 28. 34 See B. xxvi. c. 70. 



35 See c. 39 of this Book, et seg. 36 See B. xxv. c. 19. 



37 See end of B. ii. ** See end of B. xx. 



39 See end of B. xiv. 40 See end of B. xii. 



41 See end of B. xx. 42 See end of B. xx. 



43 See end of B. vii. 44 See end of B. iii. 



45 See end of B. ii. * See end of B. v. 



4 " See end of B. xx. 48 See end of B. ii. 



49 See end of B. viii. 50 See end of B. xix. 



51 See end of B. viii. 52 See end of B. vii. 



53 See end of B. xxi. ^ See end of B. xxi. 



55 See end of B. xxv. & See end of B. xxi. 



57 See end of B. xxi. w See end of B. iv. 



