232 AsTER History; GARIOPONTUS 
leius Platonicus, from whom he drew much material, as well as 
from Gargilius Martialis, and from an ancient Latin translation of 
Hippocrates’ Diaeta. It contains 125 or more chapters on plants, 
and is remarkably rich in synonyms, having besides those of Dios- 
corides and Apuleius, very many folknames from southern Italy, 
among which 34 plants are listed by Meyer, 3 : 496-500; in- 
cluding the following names for Compositae : 
“‘ Zygiber,” for Artemisia; and the “ generatria’’ distin- 
guished by Dioscorides as polyklonos (the sraganthes of Apuleius 
Platonicus), sonoklonos and leptophyllos, by the Mai MS. are called 
tagantes, monoglossa and leptophylla. 
“ finula campa agrestis, dicitur Parachironia, ab aliis Cen- 
taurea, Panachilinion, Helena;” = /nula Helenium 1. 
‘‘ Myriophyllum, quod et Balasticon seu Centifolium” = 
Achillaea Millefolium 1. 
‘ Pentaphyon, t. e., Gudabal (Punic name from Apuleius), 
qui et Pes leonis dicitur, simulat Millefolium” =a Filago? Meyer. 
“Tridacon lagion, i. e., Lattuca leporina, 7. ¢., Piligis” = 
Lactuca leporina of Apuleius ? which Anguillara identified with the 
Cazzalepre of the Italians (Haserl6ffel of Germany) the Leontodon 
autumnalis L.* 
4. De Simplicibus medicaminibus ad Paternianum, an alphabetic 
summary of remedies, printed in the Spurious Galen of 1556; 
made up, said Meyer, “ without citations but chiefly traceable to Di- 
oscorides, seldom to Pliny and Apuleius Platonicus ; Dioscorides 
must have been in the writer’s possession.” Meyer, though treating 
it under Gariopontus, found reason to think that this work, which 
we may term the Paternian treatise,—is older than the preceding. 
Now it is shown by Giacosa that it is contained entire in MSS. 
of the goth century, as in Codex 97 of Monte Cassino, where 
it bears the name of Alphabeta herbarum (see p. 216; the Affe abeto 
delle erbe of Giacosa). It occurs in another oth century codex at 
* Other names of present importance include two Greek variants, Glycis as : ee 
for Paeonia, replacing the Glykyside of the Dioscoridean synonyms, and Glyconium for 
Pulegium replacing Glechon of Dioscorides. Glycis and Glyconium may be old 
Magna Graecian forms, 
Recognition of the Italians as different from the Romans is shown by the Mai e. 
in the remark, which may be attributed to his addition: ‘‘ Bryonia a Graecis dicitur 
dy redo: Avni) (classic), a Romanis Abutaminium (corruption? for the Dioscoridea® 
synonym Uva taminea) ab Italis Vitis alba— Bryonia dioica L. 
