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Aster used i nternally 
Aster used as an Amulet 
Other Superstitious Modes. of Use 
Procuring Sleep or Forgetfulness 
Parts used 
ASTER NAMES 
' The word Aszer.in Greek 
Names for Aster Alticus 
Plant-names derived from As¢er 
Punic Plant-names assimilated to Aszer 
Aster as Name of ee Samian Earth 
Aster Medi 
PLANT WRITERS BEFORE CLusIuS, TABULAR View with date, subject, 
language and nationality 
EARLY CLASSICAL WRITERS. 
] Hippocrates 
flyophthalmon and Rostrum porcinum 
Polyophthalmon and Buphthalmon........00c00.06 BS oe 
II Aristotle and Nicolaos Damascenos 
Ill mane rlanale his As/eriscus 
IV Nic 
Vv eee (with Andreas) 
VI Vergil — psi Macer) 
gil’s 
Amel asa Pine Wa 229 
VII Celsus ; his Asteriace 
VIII Coane: his Amellus 
DIOSCORIDEAN PERIOD ; Classical 
IX Dioscorides 
Areta 
Dioscorides Anazarbeus 
Dioscorides Phaca and the Younger 
Dioscorides’ Aster Atticus 
Diose orides’ Dacian Rathibida 
es of Dioscorides 
~~ Pliny 
Pliny’s Aster or Bubonion 
Pliny’s Jnguinaria 
Pliny’ s Avge 
XI Pausanias ; is Asterion 
Later Roman Writ 
XIV poeta re his Chelidonia 
