INDEX OF PLANTS 



thistle, Sonchus Nymani and S. 

 oleraceus, XXII 88-90. XXVI 

 163. 

 Sopina, a kind of grape-vine, 



XIV 36. 



Sorbus, .service-tree, Sorhus 

 doniestica, XIII 68, XIV 103, 



XV 43, 61, 62, 84, 85, 114, 



XVI 74, 92, 183, 226, 228, 



XVII 64, 67, 75, 136, 221, 242, 

 253, XIX 92, XXI 72, XXIII 

 141, XXIV 129, XXVIII 132, 

 XXXIII 117. 



Spalax, possibly meadow saff- 

 ron, Colchicum parnassicum, 

 XIX 99. 



Sparganion,floweringrush, £Mto- 

 mus umbellatus, and burweed, 

 Spargamum sp., XXV 109. 



Spartum (-on), esparto, Stipa 

 tenacissima, XI 18, XIII 73, 

 XVII 29, XIX 26-31, XXIV 

 65, XXVIII 46, 49, XXXV 

 137, XXXVII 203. 



Spathe, a term for the so-ealled 

 eabbage of the dwarf-palm, 

 Chamaerops humilis (XVI 

 112), erroneously given by 

 Pliny for the palm itself 

 (XXIII 99), and even con- 

 fused with the silver fir (XII 

 134). 



Sphacos, a sage, Salvia calycina 

 or S. officinalis, XXII 146. 



Sphagnos, (1) Tree-moss, Usnea 

 barbata, XII 108, XXIV 27; 

 (2) = aspalathos (1), XXIV 

 112. 



Spica, the mass of fibres sur- 

 rounding the upper end of 

 the rootstock of spikenard, 

 Nardostachys Jatamansi, XII 

 43, XIII 18. 



Spina, (1) generically, a term for 

 a thorn-bush (XV 57, 101, 

 XVI 244, XVII 62, XVIII 

 360, XXI 68); (2) the 



Egyptian spina (XIII 66) is 

 tlio acacia, Acacia sp., the 

 white type (spina candida or 

 alba) being A. albida and the 

 black type (spina nigra) A. 

 arabica (XIII 63, XXIV 109); 



(3) the usual Arabian spina 

 (XXIV 107) is Acacia arahica ; 



(4) the spina sitiens of the 

 Arabian desert (XIII 139) is 

 Acacia tortilis; (5) the spina 

 regia (XIII 129) is probably 

 Acacia albida; (6) the spina 

 alba of Europe (XIII 115, XV 

 117, XXI 68, XXIV 108) is 

 probably the oxyacanth, Cra- 

 taegus oxyacanthus; (7) the 

 spina that grew with the 

 service-tree and the birch in 

 Gaul (XVI 75)isprobably also 

 the oxyacanth ; (8) spina alba 

 in XXIV 108 and XXVIII 

 185 is perhaps the pine- 

 thistle, Atractylis gummifera ; 

 (9) spina silvestris in XVII 

 75 = calabrix, i.e., buckthorn, 

 Rhajnnus infectorius, but in 

 XXIV 111 = aspalathos (1), 

 i.e., camers thorn, Alhagi 

 maurorum; (10) spina ap- 

 pendix (XXIV 1 14) is the bar- 

 berry, Berheris vulgaris ; (11) 

 tho spina of India producing 

 lycium = pyxaeanthus chiro- 

 nius, i.e., the buckthorn, 

 Rhamnus lycioides (X 100, 

 205, XII 30-31, XXIV 125; 

 cf. XXIV 124); (12) spina 

 eandida in XII 1 10 and XXIV 

 111 = aspalathos (I); (13) 

 the spinae growing in Aria 

 (XII 33-34) are Balsamoden- 

 dron Mukul and asafoetida, 

 Scorodosma foetidum ; ( 1 4 ) the 

 spina growing in Gedrosia 

 (XII 34) is aneient milkwort, 

 Euphorbia antiquorum; (15) 



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