PLINY: NATURAL HISTORY 



Punica. (l-cxiii) Sponte nascentium herbamm in 

 quibuscumque gentibus usus, naturae, miracula ; 

 fraga, tamnum, ruscvmi (c, medicinae IV) ; batis, 

 genera II (ci, medicinae II), pastinaca pratensis, 

 lupus salictarius, colocasia (cii, medicinae II), 

 anthaKtun sive anticellium sive anthyllium (ciii, 

 medicinae VI), oetum ; quae radices nihil supra 

 terram gignant ; aracliidna, aracos ; candryala, 

 hypochoris. caucalis, anthriscum, scandix (eadem 

 tragopogon),partheniumsiveleucanthessiveamaracus 

 sive perdicium sive muraUs (civ, medicinae VIII), 

 trychnum sive strychnum sive haUcacabum sive 

 caUtha sive dorj^cnion sive manicon sive peritton 

 sive neuras sive morio sive moly (cv, medicinae 

 VIII), corchorus (cvi, medicinae VI), aphace, 

 acynopos, epipetron; quae numquam floreant, quae 

 semper; cneci genera IV (cvii, medicinae III). 

 (Uv-^-iu) Aculeati generis herbae (erynge, glycyrriza, 

 tribulus, ononis, pheos sive stoebe, hippophaes, 

 urticae genera IV, laminum, scorpio, acorna sive 

 phonos, leucacanthos. chalceos, cnecos, polyacan- 

 thos, onopyxos, helxine, scolymos, chamaeleon, 

 tetralix (acanthice mastiche, cactus, pternica, pap- 

 pum, ascaUa). (Ux) Herbarum genera per caules : 

 coronopus, anchusa, anthemis, phyllanthes, crepis, 

 lotos. (Ix) Differentiae herbarum per foUa : quibus 

 foUa non cadant ; quae particulatim floreant ; heUo- 

 tropium, adiantum ; herbae quarum medicinae 

 sequenti Ubro dicentur. (Ixi-v) Spicatarum genera : 

 stanyops, alopecuros, stelephuros sive ortyx sive 

 plantago, thryaUis ; perdicium, ornithogale ; post 

 annum nascentes, a summo florentes, item ab imo; 

 lappa herba quae intra se parit, opuntia e foUo 



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