INDEX OF PLANTS 



either a mulberry or a black- 

 berry {e.g., XV 97, XXIV 

 117). The Egyptian morus 

 (XXIII 134-136) is the 

 sycamore, Ficus sycamorus. 



Murahs, pellitory, Parietaria 

 officinalis, XXI 176. 



Murra (sometimes myrra), 

 myrrh or the tree that pro- 

 duces it, Balsamodendron 

 myrrha, VI 174, XII 33, 51, 

 66-71, 81, XIII 8, 10, 12, 15, 

 16, 17, 18, XIV 91, 92, 93, 107, 

 134, XIX 162, 187, 188, XX 

 164, 212, 249, 251, XXI 38, 

 131, XXIII 109, 136, 139, 



XXIV 22, 86, 164, 166, 179, 



XXV 41, 175, XXVI 81, 109, 

 154, 159, XXVII 85, 130, 133, 

 XXVIII 118, 120, 174, 175, 

 179, 214, 245, XXIX 41, 46, 

 115, 137, XXX 24, 87, 88, 93, 

 105, 116, 140, 145, XXXI 100, 

 XXXII 101, XXXIV 153, 

 XXXV 181. 



Muscus, generic term for moss, 



esp. sphagnura, X 96, XIX 



24, XXVI 22, 105, XXVII 69, 



100. 

 Musteum, quince, Cydonia vul- 



garis, XV 38. 

 Jlyacanthus, a kind of wild 



asparagus, perhaps Asparagus 



acutifolius, XIX 151. 

 Myagros, ball-mustard, Neslia 



pa^iiculata, XXVII 106. 

 Myoctonos = aconitum, XXVII 



9. 

 Myophonon, wolfs bane, Acon- 



itura anthora, or perhaps 



Alyssum sativum, XXI 54. 

 Myosota or myosotis, mad- 



wort, Asperugo procumbens, 



XXVII 23, 105. 

 Myosoton = alsine, XXVII 23. 

 Myrice, tamarisk, Tamarix tet- 



randra or T. articulata, XIII 



522 



116, XXIV 64; = erica, 



XXIV 67. 

 Myriophyllon, water-milfoil, 



Myriophyllum spicatum, 



XXIV 152. 

 Myrobalanum, bohen-nut and 



the tree, Moringa oleifera. 



Oil of ben is extracted from 



the fruit, XII 100-103, Xm 



18, XXIII 98. 

 MjTra = myrris, XXIV 154; 



= murra, VI 174. 

 Myrris, sweet cicely, Myrrhis 



odorota, XXIV 154; = geran- 



ion or myrtidas, XXVI 108. 

 MjTriza = mjTris, XXIV 154. 

 Myrsineum = feniculum sil- 



vestre, wild fennel, XX 255. 

 Myrtidanum, an excrescence 



on the stem of the myrtle, 



XIV 104, XV 118, XXIII 



164. 

 Myrtidas (perhaps better mer- 



trj-x, cf. Diosc. 3.116 W.) = 



geranion, XXVI 108. 

 Myrtites, a type of spurge, per- 



haps Euphorbia myrsinites, 



XXVI 66-67. 

 Myrtopetalum (-s), a kind of 



polygonus, XXVII 113. 

 Myrtus, myrtle-tree, Myrtus 

 commuyiis, XII 3, 29, 76, 112, 



115, 121, XIII 9, 10, 18, 52, 

 105, 114, XIV 104, XV 27, 34, 

 101, 109, 118-126, XVI 74, 79, 

 90, 92, 112, 121, 137, 234, 

 XVII 62, 88, 95, 96, 123, 124, 

 257, XX 158, XXI 69, XXII 



139, 144, XXIII 87, 159-166, 

 XXIV 6, 165, XXV 159-166, 

 175, XXVI 42, 66, 121, 



XXVII 93, 126, XXVIII 81, 

 137, 194, 207, 209, 260, XXIX 

 100, 108, XXX 56, 58, 68, 105, 



140, XXXII 30, XXXIII 

 110, XXXIV 133, XXXV 



116. 160. 



