66 ASTER History. 
Polygonum aviculare, Hohuyovoy d&ppev, 48 
Hh (female) fe Oxon, 4, 5- 
(perhaps, Hippuris vulgaris). 
Veratrum album, Oupdtpovp &iBovp, 4, 148. 
‘i nigrum, Bepdtpovp vizpovp, 4,16; 4, 149. 
Viola purpurea, “lov mopgupody, 4, 120. 
‘agrestis, “ dyptov, 4, 120. 
Strychnus hortensis, Acpbyvos xunzaios, 4,78 
“ somniferum, a OTVWTXOC, 4,74: 
" furiale, af pavenoc, A; Pui 
if Halicacabum, as dhexdxa for, 4, 92: 
(probably Physalis Alkekengi). 
Equisetum sp., 2dhE dxvvdiec, 4, 46. 
(by transliteration, Salix equinalis), . 
Iris agrestis (Xyris), “Iote dypéearec, A; QZ 
Artemisia tenuifolium, "Aptemwota dexctoguilos, 34, 118. 
Trixago palustris, Posdyw xahovarprc, 3, 115. 
Lilium regium, Kotvov Baachexdy, 3, 100. 
Lychnis coronarius, Avyuis aregavwpatian, 3, 104. 
“sylvestris, ‘> = dye, 3, 105. 
Similar binomials from Dioscorides the younger or the author, 
perhaps 100 A. D. of the alleged 5th and 6th books of Dioscor- 
ides, one or both, include 
“Lov daouzdderov, ” Tov Tocaryéov, ” lov dypeov, and febda movp- 
moupea, or four species of violet ; €0spa thovfedrexa, xovila psyddy, 
etc. 
The Pseudo-Dioscorides, author of the Euporista, before 350 
A.D., in one Paragraph, bk. 2, c. 115, mentioning his 72 efficients 
against viper-bites, uses 12 or more binomials, of which 10 are 
plant-names, viz.: 
dxdvby eves, vdpdos Supraxds, 
> . r , 
dpotohoyia poxpd, myyaLvoyv dyptoy, 
Bpvervia devxp, Bovovia péava, 
dptyavog )paxhewrea ; darie arcinos, 
xIpevov Fusooy, xipnvov dy pevoy 
It will be observed that the 
; chief difference between these 
binomials and those of Linnaeus 
is simply that of his universal 
