INDEX OF PLANTS 



<rrj<ra.fj.ov (seed 



Sesamum indicum 

 1.11.2. seed-vessel; 3.13.6. seeds 

 of berry of a/crrj comp.; 3.18.13. 

 fruit of eucow/aos comp.; 4.8.14. 

 size of fruit of an unnamed 

 Egyptian plant (see App. (20)) 

 comp.; 6. 5. 3. seed of a kind of 

 Tpij3oA.o? comp.; 8.1.1. in list of 

 'summer crops' distinct from 

 cereals and pulses ; 8. 1. 4. sown 

 later than cereals and pulses; 

 8 2. 6. time of maturing seed ; 

 8.3. 1. leaf; 8. 3.2. stem; 8.3.3. 

 flower ; 8. 3. 4. seed abundant ; 

 8. 5. 1. a white kind, which is 

 the sweetest; 8. 5. 2. seeds in 

 compartments; 8. 6. 1. rain 

 not beneficial after sowing; 

 8. 7. 3. not eaten green by any 

 animal: epvo-ipov comp.: sown 

 at same time as opjuuvov ; 8. 9. 3. 

 exhausts the soil ; 9. 9. 2. fruit 

 of eAA.e'/3opos comp.; 9. 14. 4. do. 



0-1817, waterlily, Nymphaea alba 

 4. 10. 1-2. in list of plants of 

 Lake Copais ; 4. 10. 3-4. de- 

 scribed : size of fruit of /Sovro/xo? 

 comp. (to seed of a-.); 4. 10. 6. 

 grows only in water ; 4. 10. 7. 

 part used for food. 



criKva, bottle-gourd, Lagenaria vul- 



garis 



1. 11. 4. seeds in a row; 1. 13. 3. 

 flower attached above fruit; 

 7. 2. 9. root described ; 7. 3. 5. 

 takes shape of vessel in which 

 it is grown. 



o-tKvo? (O-CKVOV), cucumber, Cucumis 



sativus 



1. 10. 10. fruit made of flesh and 

 fibre; 1. 12. 2. taste of sap; 

 1. 13. 3. flower attached above 

 fruit; 1. 13. 4. some flowers 

 sterile; 2. 7. 5. use of dust; 

 7. 1. 2-3. time of sowing and 

 germination ; 7. 1. 6. germina- 

 tion ; 7. 2. 9. root described; 

 7. 3. 1. long in flower; flower 

 described; 7. 3. 5. effect of 

 soaking seed in milk; 7. 4. 1. 

 several kinds ; 7. 4. 6. do. viz. 

 AaKcopuco?, ovcvTaAia?, Boiamos ; 

 7. 5. 2. said to dislike rain- 

 water; 7. 5 3. bears trans- 



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planting ; 7. 5. 5. seed does not 

 keep well; 7. 5. 6. seed not 

 liable to pests ; 7. 13. 1. leaf of 



apov COmp. 

 O-I'KVOS 6 a-ypios, (drug eXar^piov 



9. 9. 4.), squirting cucumber, 

 Ecballium Elaterium 

 4. 5. 1. in list of Northern plants ; 

 7. 6. 4. quite distinct from cul- 

 tivated o-.; 7. 8. 1. stem ' on the 

 ground' ; 9. 9. 4. medicinal use : 

 eAar^pioi/ made from seed ; 

 9. 4. 1-2. how long drug will 

 keep: conditions; 9. 15. 6. 

 grows in Arcadia. 



aikfyiov (leaf ^da-irerov 6. 3. 1), (seed 

 $v'AAov, /ua-yv'Sapis 6. 3. 4), sil- 



phium, Ferula tingitana 

 1. 6. 12. root most characteristic 

 part ; 3. 1. 6. comes up spon- 

 taneously; 3. 2. 1. fruits better 

 in wild state ; 4. 3. 1. grows in 

 Cyrenaica; 4. 3. 7. considera- 

 tion postponed ; 6. 3. 1-2. de- 

 scribed : belongs to ' ferula- 

 like' plants : rules as to cutting 

 and treatment; 6. 3. 3. distri- 

 bution ; 6. 3. 4-6. another ac- 

 count, inconsistent in some 

 points ; 6.5.2. grows in mountain 

 country; 7. 3. 2. seeds of aSpd- 

 $avs comp.; 9. 1. 3. stem and 

 root produce a gum; 9. 1.4. 

 gum pungent; 9. 1. 7. time of 

 tapping : details about juices 

 of stem and root. 



o-Lo-ufj.ftpi.ov, bergamot-mint, Mentha 



aguatica 



1.3.1. (?) a typical ' under-shrub'; 

 2. 1. 3. propagation ; 2. 4. 1. 

 turns into v-ivOri, unless often 

 transplanted ; 6. 1. 1. in list of 

 under-shrubs ; 6. 6. 2. a culti- 

 vated under-shrub ; a coronary 

 plant : the whole plant scented ; 

 6. 6. 3. woody : only one form ; 

 6. 7. 2. said by some to have no 

 fruit : but the wild form cer- 

 tainly seeds ; 6. 7. 4. roots de- 

 scribed ; 6. 7. 6. cultivation ; 

 9. 16. 3. leaf of SiKTa.fj.vov (erepov) 

 comp. 



<rt(rvpijx<.ov, Barbary nut, Iris 



Sisyrinchium 

 1. 10. 7. attachment of leaves; 



