INDEX OF PLANTS 



114 it means the seed of the 

 thymelaea. 



Lithosperraon, gromwell, Litho- 

 spermum officinale,^X.VII 98. 



Lolium, darnel, Lolium teynulen- 

 tum, XVIII 153, XXII 160. 



Lonchitis, wood-fern, Aspidium 

 linguum, or holly-fern, A. 

 lonchitis, XXV 137, XXVI 

 76, 119. 



Lotometra, a meal made from 

 the seeds of the white lotus, 

 Nymphaea lotus, and the blue 

 lotus, A'. caerulea, XXII 56. 



Lotos : (1) As a term for a tree, 

 probably originally denoted 

 the Jew thorn, Zizyphus lotus, 

 later extended to the nettle- 

 tree, Celtis australis, and even 

 to the elove-tree of India, 

 Eugenia caryophyllata (XII 

 30); Jew thorn and nettle- 

 tree confused in XIII 104- 

 106 ; Jew thorn mentioned 

 in XIV 101 (shrub); nettle- 

 tree mentioned or described 

 in XIV 101 (tree), XV 101 

 (bore berries), XVI 235, 236, 

 XVII 5 (grew at Rome), 

 XXIV 6 (grew in Syria), XV 

 116 (grew in Egj^pt and Meso- 

 potamia), XIII 61, XVI 172 

 (wood used for flutes), XVI 

 186, 204, 212 (wood de- 

 scribed). (2) The herb lotos 

 is usually a trefoil, perhaps 

 especiallv Trifolium fragi- 

 ferum (XIII 107, XIV 101, 

 XXI 34, 99, 103, XXIV 6), bnt 

 sometimes the trefoil Lotus 

 corniculatus (XXI 34, XXII 

 55). (3) The Egvptian lotos 

 inPliny (XIII 107-110, XXII 

 56, XXIV 6) is the white lotus, 

 Nymphaea lotus, and the blue 

 lotus, N. caerulea, although 

 elsewhere it is sometimes the 



Indian lotus, Nelumbo 



nucifera. (4) The lotos used 

 as an ingredient in an im- 

 guent (XIII 18) is of uncertain 

 identity. 



Lupinus, lupin, especially Lupi- 

 nus hirsutus, L. albus, and L. 

 icrmis, XII 38, XIII 141, XV 

 30, XVII 54, 55, 56, 260, 266, 

 XVIII 47, 50, 57, 59, 125, 

 133-136, 163, 185, 187. 198, 

 252, 257, 304, XX 20, XXII 

 154-157, XXIII 75, 94, 

 XXXII 87, XXXV 102. 



Lupus salictarius, perhaps hop, 

 Humulus lupulus, XXI 86. 



Lutum, weld, dyer's weed, Re- 

 seda luteola, XXXIII 87, 91. 



Lycapsos, viper's herb, Echium 

 italicum, XXVII 97. 



Lyclmis, rose-campion, Lychnis 

 coronaria, XXI 18, 67, 171, 

 XXV 68 ; lychnis agria = 

 antirrhinum, XXV 129. 



Lychnitis, the third type of 

 phlomis, S.V., XXV 121. 



Lycium, a juice obtained from 

 the buck-thorn, Bhamnus lyci- 

 oides, XII 31, XXII 25 

 (emend.), XXIII 109, XXIV 

 124-126, XXVI 164. See 

 also Pysacanthus chironius. 



Lygos = vitex, XXIV 59. 



Lynx, unknown plant, XXXVII 

 34. 



Lyron = alisma, XXV 124. 



Lysimachia, purple loosestrife, 

 Lythrum salicaria, XXV 72, 

 100, XXVI 131, 141, 147, 164. 



Macir, red bark of the root of 

 an Indian tree, probably 

 Holarrhena antidysenterica, 

 XII 32. 



Mados = vitis alba, XXIII 21. 



Magydaris, (1) the stalk (more 

 exactly the leaf-Iike seed) of 



