INDEX OF PLANTS 



Mesa, a kind of cannabis, XIX 

 174. 



Mesoleucon, secondary name 

 for leuee, XXVII 102. 



Mesosphaerum, type of nardus, 

 XII 44. 



Mespila, generic term for various 

 thorn trees. In XV 84 the 

 setania is the medlar, Mes- 

 pilus germanica ; the an- 

 thedon is the Oriental thorn, 

 Craetaegus orietitalis; and 

 the one similar to it, called 

 Gallic, is the oxyacant}i, C. 

 oxyacantha. See XIV 103, 

 XV 65, 84, 112, 115, XVII 59, 

 67, 221, 230, XXI 88, XXIII 

 141. 



Metopium, the gum of the meto- 

 pon, XII 123, XIII 6, 8. 



Metopon, an African tree from 

 which the gum hammonia- 

 cum is distilled, XII 107. 



Mettica, a kind of grape-vino, 

 XIV 35. 



Meum, bear-wort, spignel, 

 Meum athamanticum, XX 

 253, 264. 



Microsphaerum, type of nardus, 

 XII 44. 



Milax. See Smilax. 



Miliaria, herb injurious to millet, 

 XXII 161. 



Militaris = lactoris, XXIV 168. 



Milium, common millet, Pani- 

 cum miliaceum, XI 112, XIII 

 108, XIV 101, XV 63, XVIII 

 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 60, 61, 74, 

 96, 99, 100, 101, 102, 158, 160, 

 163, 182, 185, 191, 192, 198, 

 250, 259, 297, 299, 304, 307, 

 XXII 56 {emend.), 116, 130, 

 XXV 83. The milium intro- 

 duced into Italy from India 

 (XVIII 55) is a type of 

 sorghum, perhaps common 

 sorghum, Sorghum vulgare. 



Millefolium, (1) a secondary 

 name for Achilleos, XXV 42; 

 (2) Latin term for myriophyl- 

 Ion,XXIV152; (3)mentioned, 



XXIV 176, XXVI 78; (4) in 

 Diosc. 3.138 W., a type of 

 Parietaria or Chrysanthemum. 



Mintha. See Menta. 

 Mmyanthes, treacle clover, 



Psoralea bituminosa, XXI 54, 



152. 

 Minyas, magic herb, XXIV 



157. 

 Misy, truffle, Tuber aestivum 



or T. niveum, XIX 36. 

 Mitliridatia, probably Erythroni- 



um dens canis, XXV 62, 127. 

 Molemonium, a plant that pro- 



duces vomiting, XXV 108 ; 



XXVI 40. 

 Mollugo, a kind of lappago, 



XXVI 102. 



Molocho agria = hibiscum, XX 



29. 

 Molon = syron, XXVI 33, 



identified by many withmoly. 

 Molv, perhaps Allium nigrum, 



XXV 26, 127, but in XXI 180, 

 sleepy nightshade, Withania 

 somnifera. 



Molybdaena = plumbago, lead- 

 wort, Plumbago europaea, 

 XXV 155. 



Morion, (1) white type of man- 

 dragoras, perhaps Atropa bella- 

 donna, XXV 148, (2) sleepy 

 nightshade, Withania som- 

 nijera, XXI 180, XXV 148. 



Morus, mulberry-tree, Morus 

 nigra and M. alba, XIII 56, 

 XV 52, 96, 97, 101, 109, 113, 

 116, XVI 28, 74, 83, 102, 119, 

 182, 186, 207, 210, 218, 227, 

 XVII 124, 136, XVIII 253, 

 XXI 183, XXIV 120, 122, 



XXVII 57, XXX 23, XXXIV 

 133. But morum denotes 



