INDEX OF PLANTS 



Prunus apinosa, or the bullace, 

 P. insititia, XXVII 55. 



Brace, perhaps spelt, Triticum 

 spelta, otherwise a soft emmer, 

 T. dicoccujn, XVIII 62. 



Brassica, cabbage, Brassica 

 oleracea, XIX 135, 136, 137, 

 143, 167, 176, XX 78-96, 127, 

 XXII 151, XXIV 158, XXV 

 120, XXVI 118, XXVII 96, 

 XXVIII 81, XXIX 106, 

 XXX 24, 30. Brassica 

 selinas, or " celery " cabbage, 

 is Savoy cabbage, Brassica 

 oleracea sahauda, XX 79. 

 The wild form (e.g., XX 92) is 

 generally Brassica cretica. 

 Brassica marina in XX 96 is 

 perhaps Concolvulus solda- 

 nella. 



Brathv, savin, Juniperus sabina, 

 XXIV 102. 



Bratus, a tree resembling the 

 cj-press, XII 78. 



Britannica, grainless dock, Ru- 

 mex aquaticus, XXV 20, 99, 

 XXVII 2. 



Brochos or brochon = fruit 

 (gum) of bdellium, XII 35. 



Bromos, oats, Avena sativa, 

 XVIII 93, XXII 161. 



Brya, tamarisk, Tamarix afri- 

 ca7ia and orientaiis, XIII 116, 

 XXIV 69. 



Bryon, green laver, Ulva lac- 

 tuca, XII 108, 132, XIII 2, 

 137, XXIII 137, XX Vn 56, 

 XXXII 110. InXXrV27 = 

 sphagnos (1). 



Bryonia, bryony. ( 1 ) the black 

 tj^pe is white bryony, Bry- 

 onia alba, (2) the white type, 

 coinmon bryony, B. dioica, 

 or perhaps Cretan brvony, 

 B. cretica. See XXIII 21-28 

 with many altemative names 

 to each. 



494 



Bubonion = aster, XXVII 36. 

 Buceras, fenugreek, Trigonella 

 foenum-graecum, XXI 37, 



XXIV 184. 



Bucolicon, a kind of panaces, 



XXV 31. 



Buconiates, a kind of grape, 

 XIV 39. 



Buglossos, Italian alkanet, An- 

 chusa italica, XXV 81, XXVI 

 116. 



Bulapathon, patience dock, 

 Rumex patientia, XX 235. 



Bulbine (or bolbine), star of 

 Bethlehem, Ornithogalum um- 

 bellatum, XIX 95, XX 107. 



Bulbus (or bolbos), the bulb of 

 anv small, onion-like plant 

 (XIX 60, 93), or of the reed, 

 Arundo donax (XVII 144), 

 or the plant itself (XVII 87, 

 XIX 95, XX 102), or Pan- 

 cratium tnaritimum (XIX 32), 

 but most of all the tassel- 

 hyacinth, Leopoldia comosa. 

 See XVIII 34, XIX 93, 97, 

 99, 109, 121, 134, XX 102- 

 106, 107, XXI 107, XXIII 62, 

 XXV 131, XXVIII 192, 197, 

 XXIX 44, XXX 73. 



Bumastus, a kind of grape, 

 XIV 15, 42. 



Bumelia, an ash, Fraxinus 

 excelsior, XVI 63. 



Bimias, French tumip, Brassica 

 napus, XX 21. 



Bunion, cited as a term for a 

 kind of navew, actually 

 probably Bunium pumilum 

 or B. bulbocastanum, XX 21. 



Buphthalmus. In XXV 82 the 

 yellow daisy, Chrysanthemum 

 coronarium ; in XXV 160 

 a type of house-leek, probably 

 Sempervivum arboreum. 



Bupleuron, of uncertain identity, 

 Ammi majus, Bupleurum ri- 



