INDEX OF P1>ANTS 



Sili, castor-oil tree, Ricinua 

 communis, XV 25. 



Silicia, fenugreek, Trigonella Joe- 

 num graecum, XVIII 140, 165, 

 166, XXIV 184. 



Siligo, probably usually common 

 wheat, Triiicum vulgare, or 

 club wheat, T. compactum, 

 XVIII 61, 76, 81, 85, 86, 87, 

 88-91, 93, 106, 164, 184, 198, 

 205, 298, XXII 119, XXVI 

 145, XXVIII 8. 



Siliqua, carob, Ceratonia sili- 

 qua, XIII 59, XIV 103, XV 

 95, 117, XVII 136, XXIII 

 151. 



Siliquastrum=piperitis, XIX 

 187, 188, XX 174. 



Sillybum (syllibum), milk thistle, 

 Silybum marianum, XXII 85, 

 XXVI 40. 



Silphium, an extinct species 

 of the asafoetida-producing 

 group, similar in appearance 

 to Narthex asa foetida and 

 closely related to Scorodosma 

 foetida. If a reference in 

 Phny is contemporary, not 

 historical, it is to asafoetida, 

 obtained from Scorodosma 

 foetida and similar plants. 

 See XIX 38-46, XX 104, 

 XXII 100-106, XXIV 93. 



Sinapi, white mustard, Brassica 

 alha, and blaek mustard, B. 

 niger, XII 28, XVI 167, 

 XVIII 128, XIX 117, 119, 

 133, 138, 170, 171, 181, 186, 

 XX 25, 129, 236-241, XXI 71, 

 155, XXVIII 165, 219, 220, 

 XXIX 108. 



Sinon, stone-parsley, Sison amo- 

 mum, XXVII 136. 



Sion (sium), probably water 

 speedwell, Veronica anagallis, 

 or perhaps broad -leaved water- 

 parsnip, Sium latifolium, 



XXII 84 (emend.), XXVI 88. 

 In other authors, it also de- 

 notes water cress, Nasturtium 

 officinale. 



Siser, probably not the skirret, 

 Sium sisarum, but rather the 

 parsnip, Peucedanum sati- 

 vum, or the carrot, Daucus 

 carota, XIX 62, 90-92, XX 

 34. 



Sisymbrium, bergamot mint, 

 Mentha aquatica, XIX 172, 

 176, XX 247, XXI 59, XXV 

 94. The first type in XX 247 

 is water cress, Nasturtium 

 officinale. 



Sisyrinchion, Barbary nut, Iria 

 sisyrinchium, XIX 95. 



SisjTum = erica, XI 42. 



Sium. See Sion. 



Smilax (or milax), a term for 

 several plants of twining 

 character, including bindweed, 

 especially hedge bindweed, 

 Convolvulus sepium (XVI 153, 

 XXI 52, XXIV 82). A 

 second possibility is Smilax^ 

 aspera. The cultivated smi- 

 lax of Diosc. 2.146 W. is the 

 black-eyed cowpea, DoUchos 

 melanophthalmus. In XVI 51 

 milax is a term for the yew, 

 and in XVI 19 a term for a 

 type of holra-oak. 



Smyrniura (or smyrnion, also 

 zrajTnium and zrayrnion), (1) 

 usually Cretan alexanders, 

 Smyrnium perfoUatuyn, XIX 

 187, XX 186, XXVII 133- 

 136; (2) sometimes common 

 alexanders, S. olusatrum, XIX 

 162, 188. 



Solanum = strychnon, XXVII 

 132. 



Somphos = cucurbita silvestris, 

 XX 13. 



Sonchos (-cus, soncum), sow- 



