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INTEODUCTION. 



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 ; 9Beifu§§ ; Artemisia vulgaris. 



Abrotanum; (Stabnjurj; Artemisia Abrota- 

 num. 



Absinthium; SBermut ; Artemisia Absin- 

 thium. 



TJrtica ; 0ZeffcI ; Urtica pilulifera and dioica. 



Allium ; .^noBIauc^ ; Allium sativum, 



Plantago; SBegeBreit; Plantago major and 

 lanceolata. 



Ruta ; Otaute ; Ruta graveolens. 



Apium ; ©ip^ic^ ; Apium graveolens. 



Althaea ; (5i6ifc^ ; Althaea officinaUs. 



Auethum; 2)itX; Anethum graveolens. 



