INDEX OF PLANTS 



Marrubium (marruvium), hore- 

 hound, Marrubium vulgare 

 and AI. peregrinum, XIV 105, 

 XX 118, 241-244, XXII 41, 

 XXV 43, XXVI 93. 



Massaris, a product of the 

 flower chisters of the labrusca, 

 XII 133, XXIII 2, 9. 



Mastiche, mastioh, Pistacia 

 lentiscus, XII 72, XXIV 42, 

 XXXVII 51. 



Mastos, unknown, XXVI 163. 



Mecon ( 1) usually a generic term 

 for poppy, Papaver, especially 

 P. somniferum ; (2) in XX 209 

 = tithymalus. Mecon apliro- 

 des ( 1 ) usually the frothy 

 " poppy'" Silene venosa, as in 

 XX 207 ; in XXVII 119 small 

 purple spurge, Euphorhia pe- 

 plis, conf used with a poppy be- 

 cause of its juice. Sometimes 

 called heraclion. 



Meconion = pephs, XXVII 119; 

 = a product of the mecon, 

 XXIII 43, 61, 80, XXV 143. 



Meconis, probably acrid lettuce, 

 Lactuca virosa XIX 126, XX 

 67. 



Mediea, lucerne, Medicago sativa, 

 XVIII 144-148; in XIV 108 

 probably elecampane, Inula 

 helenium. 



Medion, perhaps a bellflower, 

 such as Campanula lingulata, 

 or perhaps Convolvulus al- 

 thaeoides, XXVII 104. 



Melamphyllum = paederos, 

 XXII 76. 



Melampodion, black type of 

 helleborum, XXV 47. 



Melancranis, bog-rush, Schoetius 

 nigricans, XXI 112. 



Melanion, perhaps by error for 

 melanthion, otherwise violet, 

 Viola odorata, XXI 65. 



Melanthion (-um), Roman cori- 



520 



ander, Nigella sativa, XX 182, 

 XXIII 67, XXVIII 188, 217, 

 XXXI 84, XXXIII 85, XXXV 

 185; = anthemis, XXII 53. 

 Melaspermon = melanthion, 



XX 182. 



Mehlotos, an aromatic fenu- 

 greek, Trigonella graeca, XIII 

 13, XV 30, XXI 39, 53, 63. 

 70, 151, XXII 123, 142, 

 XXIII 85, XXIX 37. 



Melimelum, often a type of 

 quince, but in XV 51, 59, 

 XXIII 104 a type of apple, 

 Malus domestica. 



Mehssophvllum, balm, Melissa 

 officinaiis, XX 116, XXI 53, 

 70, 82, 149-150, XXVII 134. 

 See also Apiastrum. 



Melittaena = melissophyllum, 



XXI 149. 



Melopcpo, perhaps the melon, 

 Cucumis melo, XIX 67. 



Melothron (melotrum), bryony, 

 Bryonia cretica, XXI 53, 

 XXIII 21. 



Memaecylon, fruit of the straw- 

 berry-tree, Arbutus unedo, XV 

 99. 



Menta, usually water mint, 

 Mentha aquatica, sometimes 

 sueh similar species as Satureia 

 calamintha, XIX 100, 159, 

 176, 177, XX 44, 80, 147-151, 

 191, XXI 38, XXII 126, 

 XXIII 144, XXIV 130, 

 XXVI 121. 



Mentastrum, usually horse mint, 

 Mentha silvestris, XIV 105, 

 XIX 123, 159, XX 124, 144- 

 146, XXV 63. 



Mercurialis, annual mercury, 

 Mercurialis annua, and peren- 

 nial mercury, M. perennis, 

 XXV 38, XXVII 102, XXIX 

 80. 



Merois = aethiopis, XXIV 163. 



