INDEX OF PLANTS 



Balanitis, chestnut, Castanea 

 vesca, XV 93. 



Balanos, normally a term for an 

 aeorn, in XII 121, XIII 8, 12, 

 13, 15, XXII 149 rather the 

 fruit of the Egyptian balsam, 

 Balanites aegyptiaca, or per- 

 haps the behen-nut, Moringa 

 oleifera, in XIII 61 the tree. 

 Balanos Sardianos and Dios 

 balanos (XV 92) are the chest- 

 nut, Castanea vesca. 



Balis, perhaps the squirting cu- 

 cumber, Momordica elaterium, 

 XXV 14. 



Balisca, a kind of grape-vine, 

 XIV 30. 



Ballote = porrum nigrum, black 

 liorehound, Ballota nigra, 

 XXVII 54. 



Balsamodes, a type of cassia, 

 XII 97. 



Balsamum, balsam of Mecca, 

 Comtniphora opohalsamum, 

 XII 111-123, XIII 8, 11, 13, 

 15, XV 30, XVI 111-123, 135, 

 XXIII 92. 



Bananica, a kind of grape-vine, 

 XIV 37. 



Barba lovis, silver-leaved wool- 

 blade, Anthyllis barba jovis, 

 XVI 76. 



Basilicon (caryon), walnut, 

 Juglans regia, XV 87. 



Batis hortensis, saraphire or sea 

 fennel, Crithmum maritimurn, 

 and batis marina, sea-kale, 

 Crambe maritima, XXI 86. 

 See also XXI 174. 



Batrachion, celandine, Ranun- 

 culus sp., XXVI 106, 150, 

 157 ; = ranunculus, XXV 172 ; 

 = polyanthemum, XXVII 

 112. 



Bdellium, vine-palm, Borassus 

 fiabelliformis, XII 35. Pliny 

 is vague in this passage, and 



apparently uses bdellium of 

 both tree and gum. 



Bechion, colfs foot, Tussilago 

 farfara,XXVI 30. Thesecond 

 type, also called salvia (XXVI 

 31), is perhaps Verbascum 

 lychnitis. 



Bellio, yellow ox-eye daisy, 

 Chrysanthemum segetum, XXI 

 49. 



Bellis, white daisy, Bellis peren- 

 nis, XXVI 26. 



Beta, beet, Beta vulgaris, XIX 

 86, 98, 113, 117, 118, 119, 122, 

 132-136, 181, 182, XX 69-72, 

 220, XXII 61, 143, 144, 



XXIV 150, XXV 44, 48, 

 XXVI 50, 58, XXVII 22, 

 XXVIII 209, 214, XXIX 40. 



BetuIIa, birch, Betula alba, XVI 



74, 176, 209. 

 Bimammia, a kind of grape- 



vine, XIV 41. 

 Blachnon (blechnon), male fern, 



Aspidiumjilixmas, XXVII 78. 

 Blattaria, moth mullein, Ver- 



bascum blattaria, XXV 108. 

 Blechon, pennyroyal, Mentha 



pulegiuni, XX 156. 

 Blitum, primarily blite, Amaran- 



thus blitum, secondarily A. 



retroflexus, Blitum Bonus- 



Henricus, and Euxolus viridis, 



XIX 99, 117, 119, XX 252. 

 Boletus, mushroom, usually 



Agaricus caesarius, but pro- 



bably also Boletus edulis, 



XVI 31, XXII 92, XXIII 



115, XXIX 103. 

 Bombycia, a kind of reed, XVT 



169. 

 Botane hiera = verbenaca, 



XXV 105. 



Botrys, usually denotes a grape 

 cluster, but = artomisia, 



XXV 74, XXVII 28, 55. 



Brabilla, probably the sloe, 



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