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two cubits high. It grows in ditches and in dark and damp places, 
you may find it near the blossoming in the month of April and of 
May.” (Glaucium corniculatum Curt., still called céenerognola in 
Italy.) 
Traces of Platearius himself * or of the ee works of his 
school may be recognized in at least in the following passages : 
Under Diagridium he speaks in the first person, hoc autem dico, 
Under Esu/a, recommending a powder made by a physician 
Petricello, about which there has been discussion, he adds “ut 
dictum est in Antidotario,” i. e., that of Nicolaus Praepositus. 
Under Radix he writes ‘‘ut in Passionario invenitur,” 1 ¢, 
that of Gariopontus. 
He cites Macer under Camphora, Enula, Vsopus , he refers 
also to Constantinus Africanus ; and he cites (his own ?) Compen- 
dium Salernitanum under Acetum (unless this passage was added 
later). 
Evidence of loss since pagan times of the use of certain wild plants 
appears in what is said of his Mellilotum or Corona regia, so called, 
says Plateario, ‘quia formaturadmodum semicirculi.”” The Romans 
had so called it, says Pliny, because they twined it into wreaths; 
that use had apparently ceased so that Plateario (followed by 
Ortus), seeking a reason for the name Corona regia, finds one in the 
* Plant Ecolo.y found in Matteo Plateario an early though unconscious advocate, 
as he is in nothing more remarkable than the care with which he notes the associations 
of plants, not merely giving their habitats but a hint of their characteristic surroundings. - 
Examples of these references to localities are as follow 
Inter castaneta ; so grows his Trinitas ei aatee yrilobe), Morsus dyaboli (Scabies 
succisa), Palma Chieti (an Orchis), Incensaria, etc. 
nter triticum, his Zizania ( Lolium 
Inter frumenta, his — ( asi: 
nm arundineis, Alchem 
Super quercus, Poly, ores vulgare L., and Ceterach. 
/n tectis, and in elaine Perttasts: 
4n maceribus, his Vermicularis (Sedum acre L. ). 
Supra domus, his Sapa (houseleek ). 
in sepibus, brio ssop, etc, 
Ln locis pasar ommea, he ‘ Paratella, ”” ete. 
m locis humorosis, Primula veris, & his Persicaria ( Polygonum Hydropiper tek 
in aquis, Lemna, Nymphaea i Netaarbins Potameg cton nutans, Marchantia, 9 
Ln lapidosis, Geranium ilnsbliine L., Lonicera Caprifolinm L., 
xbandit super terram, of his Serpillum (t en va, oe leporina "(dandelion 
£ yme 
Pilosella (a hawkweed), Penthapilon Views reptans), et 
