INDEX OF PLANTS 



der KnUurpflanzen, 1932) and Karl and Franz Bertsch 

 (Geschichfe nnserer Kulturpilanzen, 2nd ed., 1949). The new 

 edition of the Greek-English Lexicon of Liddell and Scott 

 draws upon most of these sources and is very helpful in those 

 instances in which Pliny cites Greek plant names. 



Nevertheless, identification of Pliny's plant names is still 

 often diSicult and sometimes impossible. It is necessary 

 frequently to qualify the identiJfication by " probably," 

 " possibly," or " perhaps," or simply to say " unknown." 

 Pliny's practice of citing several secondarv names for a plant, 

 adopted from certain of the pharmaceutical sources he con- 

 sulted, involves much overlapping. In the index, the identifi- 

 cation is regularly coupled with the primary name, and with 

 this the secondary names are equated. 



Abellana (nux), hazelnut, esp. 

 Conjlus avellana, XV 88, XVI 

 120, 121, XVII 96, 136, XXII 

 152, XXIII 145, 150, XXV 

 138, 148, XXIX 44, XXX 87, 

 105, XXXVII 56, 81. 



Abies, silver fir, Abies cephalo- 

 nica and A. pectinata, XII 

 134, XIII 137, XV 67, XVl 

 30, 38, 41, 42, 46, 48, 74, 80, 

 90, 91, 100, 106, 122, 125, 128, 

 127, 128, 129, 138, 187, 195, 

 196, 201, 203, 221, 222, 225, 

 245, XVII 26, 91, 235. Abies 

 as a seaweed (XIII 127) is 

 Cystoseira ahies-m-arina. 



Abiga = chamaepitys, XXIV 29. 



Absinthium, wormwood, Arte- 

 misia absinthium, sometimes 

 perhaps A. santonica or pon- 

 tica, XI 194, XII 31, XIV 109. 

 XVIII 305, XIX 179, 186, XX 

 15, XXI 135, 160, XXII 65, 

 147, XXm 52, 123, 146, 

 XXIV 133, XXV 73, 145, 

 XXVI 91, 124, 151, XXVII 

 45-53, XXVIII 203, XXIX 

 133; = seriphum, XXXH 

 100. 



486 



Acacia, Egyptian acacia, 

 Acacia arabica, XX 48, 208, 

 233, XXIII 65, XXIV 43, 

 109, XX\T:I 16, XXX 56, 57. 



Acanthion, usually cotton 

 tliistle, Onopordon acanthium, 

 and probably also O. illyri- 

 cum, but in XXIV 108 a 

 thorn-tree, perhaps Acacia 

 arabica. 



Acanthis = senecio = erigeron, 

 groundsel, Senecio vulgaris, 



XXV 168. 



Acanthus, bear's foot, Acanthus 

 spinosus and moUis, XXII 

 76, XXV 62, 78, XXVI 137. 



Acanus, pine-thistle, Atractylis 

 gummifera, or perhaps cotton 

 thistle, Onopordon acanthium, 

 XXII 23. 



Acer, Montpelier maple, Acer 

 monspessulanum, XII 56, X^T 

 66-69, 74, 91, 97, 106, 119, 

 185, 206, 211, 231, 233, XVII 

 201, XXIX 46, XXXIII 146. 



Achaemenis, perhaps a variety 

 of ancient milkwort, Euphor- 

 bia antiquorum, XXIV 161, 



XXVI 18. 



