INDEX OF PLANTS 



Phu, Caucasian valerian, Valeri- 

 ana phu, XII 45, XXI 136. 



Phycos, sea-weed generically ; 

 one type of litmiis described, 

 Cystoseira foeniculosa, and two 

 types of grass-wrack, Posi- 

 donia oceanica and Cymodocea 

 nodosa, XIII 135-136, XXVI 

 103, 128. 



Phyllanthes ; Pliny probably 

 took the adjective a<f)vXXavde? 

 ("having no petals ") to be 

 the name of a flower, XXI 99. 



Phyllon, secondary name for 

 leucacantha, XXII 40 ; in 

 XXVII 125 perhaps Mercu- 

 rialia perennis. In otlier 

 authors phylla (or folia) is 

 often a term for malobathrum, 

 s.v. 



Phyteuma, cross-wort, Reseda 

 phyteuma, XXVII 125. 



Picea, pitch-pine, Pinus silves- 

 iris and other species, III 122, 

 XIV 123, 127, XV 36, XVI 30, 

 35, 40-42, 44, 46, 49, 53, 57, 

 91, 95, 106, 122, 138, 224, 

 XVII 91, 236, XXIV 28, 31, 

 32, XXVII 115, XXIX 95. 



Picina, a kind of grape, XIV 42. 



Picris, cliicory, perhaps esp. 

 Cichorium pumilum, XVI 106, 

 XIX 126, XXII 66. 



Pinaster, cluster pine, Pinus 

 pinaster, XIV 127, XV 36, 

 XVI 38, 39, 80. 



Pinus, pine. fir, mostly Scotch 

 pine, Pinus sylvestris, and 

 Aleppo pine, P. halepensis, 

 XIII 35, XVI 30, 31, 36, 38, 

 42, 79, 91, 95, 106, 107, 123, 

 138, 193, 195, 223, 230, XVII 

 71, 89, 91, 228, 235, 238, 

 XXIII 62, 142, XXIV 29, 32, 

 38, XXVI 133, XXIX 50, 

 XXXIII 94, XXXVII 42. 



Piper, mostly long pepper, Piper 



tongum, and black pcpper, P. 

 nigrum, perhaps in some cases 

 African pepper, Xylopia 

 aethiopica, VI 105, XII 26-29, 



119, XIV 108, XV 58, 118, 

 XIX 58, 92, 187, XX 34, 87, 



XXII 26, 33, 104, 155, XXIII 

 150, XXIV 100, 164, 179, 

 XXV 100, XXVI 109, 117, 

 154, XXVII 42, 48, 70, 73, 

 95, 130, 136, XXVIII 119, 



120, XXIX 49, 55, 88, 110, 

 XXX 53, 71, 103, XXXI 117, 

 XXXII 89, 101, 115. The 

 pepper-plant that grew in 

 Italy (XII 29, XVI 136) is 

 perhaps a type of laurel, such 

 as Daphne qnidium. 



Piperitis = siliquastrum, pepper- 

 wort, Lepidium campestre, 

 XIX 187, XX 174. 



Pirus, pear-tree, Pyrus com- 

 munis, III 60, 117, XI 118, 

 XII 56, XIV 7, 103, XV 53- 

 56, 58, 61, 65, 68, 84, 115, 116, 



XVI 74, 77, 84, 90, 92, 97, 

 103, 106, 109, 112, 114, 117, 

 122, 137, 181, 205, 211, 245, 



XVII 11, 17, 59, 71, 72, 88, 

 95, 111, 114, 120, 131, 136, 

 221, 230, 237, 253, XVIII 34, 

 243, XXII 99, 122, 144, 



XXIII 115-116, XXV 148. 

 Pistacia (nux), pistachio, Pis- 



tacia vera, XII 25 (described, 

 but not named), XIII 51, XV 

 91, XXIII 150. 



Pisum, pea, Pisum sativum, 

 XIV 135, XVIII 67, 58, 123, 

 124, 125, 198, XX 53. 



Pituitaria = staphis, XXIII 18. 



Pityusa, quacksalver's spurge, 

 Euphorhia pityusa, XXIV 31. 



Plantago, large type probably 

 large plantain, Planiago 

 major, small type hare's 

 foot plantain, P. lagopus, as 



