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pliny's natural histoet. 
[Book xxy. 
CHAP. 41. CTNOGLOSSOS: THKEE KEMEDIES. 
To this plant we may also annex an account of the cynoglos- 
sos,^® the leaf of which resembles a dog's tongue, and which pro- 
duces so pleasing an effect'^ in ornamental gardening. The 
root, it is said, of the kind which bears three"^® stems sur- 
mounted with seed, is very useful, taken in water, for tertian, 
and of that with four stems, for quartan, fevers. 
There is another plant^^ very similar to it, which bears 
diminutive burrs resembling those of the lappa : "'^^ the root of 
it, taken in water, is curative of wounds inflicted by frogs^*^ 
or serpents. 
CHAP. 42. THE BUPHTHALMOS OK CACHLA : ONE REMEDY. 
There is the buphthalmos^^ also, so called from its resem- 
blance to an ox's eye, and with a leaf like that of fennel. It 
grows in the vicinity of towns, and is a branchy plant, with 
numerous stems, which are boiled and eaten. Some persons 
give it the name of " cachla.'' In combination with wax, it 
disperses scirrhi.^^ 
CHAP. 43. — PLANTS WHICH HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED BY CERTAIN 
NATIONS. THE SCYTHICE : ONE i^EMEDY. 
Entire natioDs, too, have been the discoverers of certain 
plants. The Scythse we];e the first to discover the plant known 
as scythice,*'®^ which grows in the vicinity of the Palus^^* 
76 li Dog's tongue." The Cynoglossum officinale of Linnaeus, Hounds' 
tongue, or Venus* navel-wort ; or else the C. pictum of Aiton. 
"^^ Fee is at a loss to know how it can have been employed in topiary 
work, or ornamental gardening. 
''^ This statement is made by Dioscorides with reference to Arnoglossos, 
Lamb's tongue, or Plantago. See c. 39, above. 
''^ Identified with the Myosotis lappula of Linnaeus, Prickly-seeded 
scorpion-grass. See B. xxi. c. 64. 
" Kanis." Under this name he probably includes toads. 
Sprengel and Desfontaines identify it with the Anthemis valentina of 
Linnaeus, the Purple-stalked camomile ; but Fee agrees with Sibthorp in 
considering it to be the Chrysanthemum segetum of Linnaeus, the Corn 
marigold, the former not being, apparently, a native of Greece. Littre gives 
the Chrysanthemum coronarium of Linnaeus, the Garland chrysanthemum. 
^'^ Steatomata.'' Tumours of a fatty nature. 
Generally agreed to be identical with the Glycyrrhiza of B. xxii. c. 2, 
our Liquorice. Fee says that the G. asperrima grows in great abundance 
on the banks of the river Volga. See B. xxvii, c. L 
