INDEX OF PLANTS 



the spina of India with trans- 

 lucent, ebony-lilfe wood (XII 

 21) is of uncertain identity; 

 and (16) the spina fullonia 

 (XVI 244; cf. XXIV 111, 



XXVII 92) is the teasel, 

 Dipsacus fullonum. 



Spinea, a kind of grape-vine, 



XIV 34. 

 Spionia, a kind of grape-vine, 



XIV 34. 

 Spiraea, (1) drop-wort, Spiraea 



filipendula ; (2) meadow-sweet, 



Spiraea ulmaria, XXI 53. 

 Splenion = hemionion, XXV 45. 

 Spondylium, bear's foot, Herac- 



leum spondylium, XII 128, 



XXIV 22, 25. 

 Stachys, in XXIV 136 perhaps 



downy woundwort, Stachys 



germanica. 

 Stacte, a type of murra, XII 68, 



XIII 17. 

 Stagonitis, galbanum giant fen- 



nel, Ferula galbaniflua, and 



the resin obtained from it, XII 



126. 

 Staphis, a type of larkspur, 



Delphinium staphis agria, 



XXm 17. 

 Staphyle = vitisalba, XXIII 21. 

 Staphylinus, the cultivated 



carrot, Daucus carota, XIX 



88, XX 30, 32, 33, XXV ] 12, 



XXVIII 232. 

 Staphylodendron, bladder-nut, 



Staphylea pinnata, XVI 69. 

 Statice, perhaps common thrift, 



Armeria vulgaris, XXVI 51. 

 Stelephuros (also called ortyx 



and plantago), a plantain, 



probably Plantago lagopus, 



XXI 101. 

 Stelis, mistletoe, Viscum album, 



XVI 245. 

 Stephanitis, a kind of grape- 



vine, XIV 42. 



Stephanomelis, perhaps goose 

 grass, Potentilla anserina, 

 XXVI 136. 



Stephanon Alexandri, spurge 

 laurel, Daphne mezereum, XV 

 132. 



Stergethron, house-Ieek, Semper- 

 vivum arboreum, XXV 160. 



Stobrus, a tree imported from 

 Carmania for fumigation, un- 

 identified, XII 79. 



Stoebe = pheos, XXI 91, XXII 

 28. 



Stoechas, French lavender, Lav- 

 andula stoechas, XIV 111, 

 XXVI 42, XXVII 131. 



Storax (styrax), officinal storax, 

 a resinous gum, or the tree 

 producing it, Storax officinalis, 

 X 195, XII 81, 98, 124, 125, 

 XIII 18, XV 26, XXIV 24, 



XXVI 48. 



Storbon, the resin of ladanum, 



S.V., XII 74. 

 Strangias, a kind of wheat, 



XVIIl 64. 

 Stratiotes, the great duck-weed, 



Fistia stratioles (a tropical 



plant), XXIV 169. 

 Streptis, a kind of grape, XIV 



39. 

 Strumus, (1) = ranunculus, 



XXV 174; (2) = strychnos, 



XXVII 08. 



Strutheum, quince, Cydonia vul- 

 garis, XIII 11, XV 38, 48, 

 58, XXI 142, XXIII 91, 103. 



Struthion = radicula, s.v., XIX 

 48, XXIV 96, XXVI 124. 



Strychnos, basically and gener- 

 ally a terra for the night- 

 shade, especially the black 

 nightshade, Solanum nigrum, 

 sometimes synonymous with 

 halicacabum, s.v., in some 

 cases with dorycnion, s.v. 

 SeeXXI 177, 181, XXVI 120, 



