Punic ASTER-NAMES 83 
ATIEIRKON, dtesepxov, D., 2, 152 ; = herba nervorum, Bochart ; 
dpsyvenpovoc, D., codex C, emended by Saracenus to ovpdy ¢yvev- 
povos, ichneumonis caudam ; occurs as name of the plant amony 
the ‘ Prophets”’ or Egyptian magicians ; = Plantago lanceolata L., 
say some, or Plantago maritimum L., fide Sprengel. 
ATIERBERZIA, dzeepséotea, D., 3, 409; = herba_ benedicta, 
Sprengel, Diosc., 25: 455, deeming it so named ‘‘ because most 
adverse to sterility ; cf. Hippocrates de Sterilit, 19.’ = Mpdacov 
of the Greeks, datepdzy of the Egyptians, D.; = Marrubium vul- 
gare L., and other species, Sprengel. . 
ATIRSIPTE, atepoixty D., 2, 147; =herba picts, Bochart ; 
name of Plantago Coronopus L. which the Greeks called xopwvo- 
mous, and detpeov; an Arabic name for it, atariade/ni (Sprengel, 
D., 26, 466) is apparently formed from atar = herba. Bochart 
explained aéirsipte (itself but a doubtful approximation to the origi- 
nal word intended) as herba picis, Woodpecker’s plant, in the sense 
of herba hyemis, herba perennans ; Sprengel, claiming that Bochart 
was here combining a Hebrew and a Greek root, objects with de- 
corous propriety to the ‘‘connubium ebraicae et graece.’’ See 
Astrion, p. 81 ;—which, like Coronopus, may have been a name 
applied to it from its radiate tufts of leaves. 
ATIRTOPURIS, Gt¢otézovpec, D., 2, 217; = herba unguium, be- 
cause the leaves are like claws, Sprengel, D., 26: 489; name of 
the Greek Telephium, 7yA¢geov ; = Sedum Telephium L. 
ASTER AS NAME OF “ SAMIAN EARTH” 
AsTER, do770, Theophrastus, or Aster leucos, dary devxoz, Are- 
taeus, or Aster Samius, doc7p Saptos, in Pliny, Dioscorides the 
Younger, or D., bk. v., Galen, Euporista, Actios, etc. A white 
earth of peculiar texture used as an astringent, obtained from 
quarries at Samos, prepared as quoted from Pliny i/ra, sold in 
small tablets stamped with a seal, and valued for properties which 
repeat those of Aster Atticus as follows 
1. For sores and discharges of the eyes, Pliny, D. v. 
2. For incipient buboes, Ga/en. 
3. For any purpose where a moderate refrigerant is desired. 
Galen, who calls Aster Atticus a moderate refrigerant. 
4. For ulcers, in water and wine, etc., Pliny, D.v., Galen. 
