INDEX OFPLANTS 



Ophiusa, a magical plant, XXIV 



163. 

 Ophrys, ivy-blade, Ophrys ovata 



OT bifolia, XXVI 164. 

 Opition, earth-nut, Buniiimferu- 



laceum (in Greece, but not in 



Italy), XIX 95. 

 Opobalsamum, balsam of ISIecca, 



the juice of the balsam-tree, 



Commiphora opobalsamum, 



XIII 18. 



Opulus, a kind of maple, Acer, 



XIV 12, XVII 201. 



Orchis, (1) generic term for 

 orchis, Orchis ep., many 

 species of whioh grow in the 

 Mediterranean region, XXVI 

 95, 96, 128, 146, XXVII 65, 

 (2) a kind of ohve, XV 4, 13, 

 20, 21. 



Oreoselinum, perhaps wild pars- 

 ley, Petroaelinum sativum, XIX 

 124, XX 117. 



Orestion, probably elecampane, 

 Inula helenium, XIV 108. 



Origanum, ( 1 ) white tj^pe is 

 sweet winter marjoram, Ori- 

 ganum heracleoticum, (2) black 

 type is probably common 

 marjoram, O. vulgare, (3) ori- 

 ganum heracleoticum is O. 

 heracleoticum, VUl 98, X 195, 

 XII 89, 91, XIV 105, XIX 

 100, 117, 118, 121, 165, 184, 

 186, XX 55, 128, 156, 170, 

 175, XXI 53, 55, 56, XXII 46, 

 XXIV 1, XXV 32, 68, XXVII 

 13, 57. XXVIII 152, 156, 

 XXXI 98, 101. 



Orion, a kind of polygonus, 

 perhaps Equisetum pallidum, 

 XXVII 115. 



Orminos or orminus, wild as- 

 paragus, perhaps especially 

 Asparagus acutifolius, XIX 

 151, XX 110, XXVI 94 

 (ormeaos agrios). 



526 



Ornithogala, star of Bethlehem, I 

 Ornithogalum sp., especially | 

 O. umbellatum, XXI 102. 



Ornus, mountain ash, Fraxinus 1 

 ornus, XVI 74, XVII 201. | 



Orobanche, probably a species of 

 Orobanche, perhaps O. caryo- 

 phyllacea, XVIII 155, XXII 

 162. In Theophrastus, usual- \ 

 !y dodder, Cuscuta europaea. ' 



Orobothron = hypocisthis, 1 

 XXVI 49. 1 



Orsinus, perhaps a mistake for 1 

 cSpetvoj. XXI 67. 



Ortyx = stelephuros, XXI 101. 



Oryza, rice, Oryza sativa, XV 28, 

 XVIII 71, 75. 93, XXVIII 

 110. In XVIII 81 probably i 

 an error f or olyra. 



Osiritis, Egyptian name for 

 cynocephaha, XXX 18. 1 



Ostrys (or ostrya), hop liorn- ! 

 beam, Ostrya carpinifolia, < 

 XIII 117. 



Os\Tis, poet's cassia, Osyris \ 

 aZ6a, XXVII 111. 



Othonna, perhaps the greater ! 

 celandine, Chelidonium majus, 



XXVII 109. ; 



Oxalis, sour dock, Rumex ace- 



toaa, XX231. 1 



Oxycedrus, prickly cedar, Juni- 



perus oxycedrus, XIII 52. , 



Oxylapathon, sharp-pointed j 



dock, Rumex crispus, XX 231, 



233. I 



Oxymyrsine, butcher'8 broom, 1 



Ruscus aculeatus, XXIII 88, I 



158, 165, XXV 158, XXVII ! 



73, 93. In XV 27, 122, and ] 



XXIII 88 = chamaemyrsine. I 



Oxys, (1) wood-sorrel, Oxalis i 



acetosella, XXVII 112; (2) a ! 



form of the great sea-rush, 1 



Juncus acutus, XXI 112. | 



Oxyschoenos, great sea-rush, 1 



Juncus acutus, XXI 112. 1 



