BOOK XXVII. Lxix. 93-Lxxii. 96 



LXIX. The plant of Ida has leaves like those of idaea herba. 

 oxymyrsine, and to them adhere as it vvere tendrils, 

 which bear the blossom. The plant itself " ehecks 

 looseness of the bowels, menstruation, and all exces- 

 sive bleeding, as it has astringent ** and repressive 

 properties. 



LXX. Isopyron is called by some phaselion, isopyron. 

 because its leaf, which resembles that of anise, twists 

 itself into the shape of the tendrils of the passeolus." 

 At the top of the stem grow Httle heads, slender,'' 

 full of seed Uke that of melanthium, and very 

 efficacious, when taken with honey or hydromel, for 

 cough, other chest complaints, and also those of the 

 Uver. 



LXXI. Lathyris has many leaves Uke those of i.athyria. 

 lettuce, but sUghter, and many buds, in which the 

 seed is enclosed in envelopes as is that of the caper. 

 When the buds are dry,« the seeds, of the size of a 

 peppercorn, are taken out; they are white, sweet, 

 and easily shelled. Twenty of them in fresh water 

 or hydromel cure dropsy, and also draw away bile. 

 Those who wish for a more violent purge take the 

 pods themselves vvith the seeds, but/ since they 

 injure the stomach the plan has been devised of 

 taking them with fish or chicken broth. 



LXXII. Leontopetalon, called by some rapadion, Leonto- 

 has leaves Uke cabbage leaves and a stem half a foot ^^ " ""' 

 long. There are several side branches, and at the 



" Phaseolus and passeolus are different forms of the same 

 name. 



"* Perhaps " slender " should be omitted, aa tenuia may 

 merely strengthen the diminutive. 



• Or, " have withered." 



•^ A elear instance of nam = but. 



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