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INTRODUCTION. 



Walafrid Strabo selected twenty-three 

 plants as subjects for his poetry, viz. : 



The plants celebrated in Macer Floridus 

 are seventy-seven, and they have been 

 identified by Choulant, as follows : 



Artemisia ; 98eifu83 ; Artemisia vulgaris. 



Abrotanum; <Stabtt>ur$; Artemisia Abrota- 

 num. 



Absinthium; SBetmut; Artemisia Absin- 

 thium. 



Urtica ; 9lejfet ; Urtica pilulifera and dioica. 



Allium ; JlnoHaud) ; Allium sativum. 



Plantago ; 2Beget>reit ; Plantago major and 

 lanceolata. 



Ruta ; Otaute ; Ruta graveolens. 



Apium ; (Sty^icf) ; Apium graveolens. 



Althaea ; (StBifcfy ; Althaea officinalis. 



Anethum; $)ifl; Anethum graveolens. 



