BOOK XXVI. L, 83-Lni. 85 



relieves strangury," more efficaciously however if 

 daucum is added. It is also good for the spleen, and 

 is taken in drink for snake bites. Phlegm or 

 strangury in draught animals also is reheved if 

 crethmos is sprinkled over their barley. 



LI. Anthylhon is very hke the lentil, and taken in AnthyUion. 

 wine cures bladder troubles and arrests bleeding. 

 A second plant,* anthylhs, is hke chamaepitys, and 

 has a purple flower, a heavy scent, and a root hke 

 that of endive. It is even better treatment (taken 

 in oxymel for epilcpsy).'^ 



LII. Cepaea is hke purslane, but has a darker cepaea. 

 root, which is of no value. It grows on sandy shores, 

 and has a bitter taste. Taken in wine with root of 

 asparagus it is very good indeed for the bladder. 



LIII. The same properties'' are to be found in iiypericon. 

 hypericon — some call it chamaepitys, othei-s coris- 

 sum — which has the stem * of a garden vegetable,/ 

 thin, reddish, and a cubit high. The leaves are hke 

 those of rue and have a pungent smell. The seed, 



* Altera anthyllis is strange after anthyllion. It may be a 

 mere slip due to Pliny's carelessness, but the Latin may 

 perhaps bear the sense I have given to it, with herba under- 

 stood after altera. 



' The sense of the missing words supplied by Maj-hoff from 

 Dioscorides. Professor Andrews thinks that Pliny, after 

 saying that anthylHon is good for bladder and bleeding, goes 

 on to say that anthyllis is even more eifective. There is 

 then no need to assume a lacuna. 



■* Or, " AIso effective for bladder conditions is," i.e. ectdem 

 {vesica). A.C.A. 



' Frutez is usually " bush," " shrub." Here it means 

 stem (= caulis), but it is not clear why Pliny has used this 

 word rather than the other. 



^ So Littre (plante potag^re) and Bostock and Riley. 

 Perhaps " cabbage." 



