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107. A plant growing on the banks of a river : one remedy . , 69 
108. The herb called lingua : one remedy .. .. .. .. ib. 
109. Plants that take root in a sieve : one remedy . . . . . . ib. 
110. Plants growing upon dui^hills : one remedy . . .. .. ib. 
111. Plants that have been moistened with the urine of a dog : one 
remedy . . , . . , . . . . . . . . ib. 
112. The rodarum : three remedies .. .. .. .. ib. 
113. The plant called impia : two remedies . . .. .. ., 70 
114. The plant called Venus' comb : one remedy .. .. ib. 
115. The exedum. The plant called notia : two remedies . . . . 71 
116. The philanthropes: one remedy. The lappa canaria : two 
remedies . . . . . . . . . . , , , , ih. 
117. Tordylon or syreon : three remedies .. .. .. ib. 
118. Gramen: seventeen remedies .. .. .. 72 
119. Dactylos: five remedies . . .. .. 73 
120. Fenugreek or silicia : thirty-one remedies .. 74 
BOOK XXV. 
THE NATURAL HISTOHY OF THE WILD PLANTS. 
1. When the wild plants were first brought into use . . . . 77 
2. The Latin authors who have written upon these plants . . 78 
3. At what period the Eomans acquired some knowledge of this 
subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ib. 
4. Greek authors who have delineated the plants in colours . . 80 
5. The first Greek authors who wrote upon plants .. .. ib. 
6. Why a few of the plants only have been used medicinally. 
Plants, the medicinal properties of which have been miracu- 
lously discovered. The cynorrhodos : two remedies. The 
plant called dracunculus : one remedy. The britannica : five 
remedies . , . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 
7. What diseases are attended with the greatest pain. Names of 
persons who have discovered famous plants . . . . . . 86 
8. Moly : three remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 
9. The dodecatheos : one remedy . . . . . . . . . . 88 
10. The pseonia, pentorobus, or glycyside : one remedy ib. 
11. The panaces asclepion : two remedies .. .. .. 89 
12. The panaces heracleon : three remedies . . . . . . . . 90 
13. The panaces chironion : four remedies .. .. ib. 
14. The panaces centaurion or pharnacion : three remedies . . ib. 
15. The heracleon siderion : four remedies .. .. .. 91 
16. The ampelos chironia : one remedy .. ib. 
17. Hyoscyamos, known also as the apollinaris oraltercum; five 
varieties of it : three remedies . . . . . . , ib, 
18. Linozostis, parthenion, hermupoa, or mercurialis : two varieties 
of it : twenty-two remedies . . . . . . . . 92 
19. The achilleos, sideritis, panaces heracleon, millefolium, or scopse 
regias , six varieties of it ; three remedies . . . . . . 94 
