BOOK XXVII. xcviii. 124-cn. 126 



XCVIII. Phalangitis is called by some phalangion, PhaXangUis. 

 by others leucanthemum, or, as I find in some copies, 

 leucacantha. It has Httle branches, never fewer 

 than two, which grow in opposite directions ; white 

 flowers hke the red hly in shape, a black, broad seed, 

 of the shape of half a lentil, but much thinner,* and a 

 slender root of a grass-green colour. The leaves, 

 flowers or seed of this plant are of help for the 

 treatment of wounds inflicted by scorpions, poison- 

 ous spiders, and serpents ; they are also good for 

 griping coHc. 



XCIX. To describe phyteuma is in my opinion a Phyteuma. 

 waste of time, because it is used only for love- 

 philtres. 



C. Phyllon is the name given by the Greeks to a Phyiion. 

 plant that grows on rocky heights. The female 

 is more grass-green in colour than the male, with a 

 slender stem and a smal! i-oot. The seed is Hke the 

 round seed of a poppv. This kind causes births of its 

 own sex, the male those of males, differing from the 

 female merely in its seed, which resembles that of 

 the oHve when it is just beginning to form. Both 

 kinds are taken in wine. 



CI. Phelandrion grows in marshy places, and has Phelandrion. 

 leaves resembhng celery. Its seed is taken in drink 

 for *" stone and troubles of the bladder. 



CII. Phalei-is has a stalk which is long and slender Phaieris. 

 as a reed ; at the top is a drooping flower ; the seed 

 resembles sesame seed, and is one of the remedies 

 that break up stone in the bladder, being taken in 

 wine, vinegar, or with honey and milk ; it also cures 

 complaints of the bladder. 



* It seems impossible to distinguish in such phrases, propter, 

 contra, ad, adversus. 



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