Chap. 68.] THE CYCLAMINOS CISSAKTHEMOS. 
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CHAP. 67. — CTCLAMINOS OR TUBEK TERE^ : TWELVE REMEDIES. 
So too, the root of cyclaminos'^^ is good for injuries inflicted 
by serpents of all kinds. It has leaves smaller than those of 
ivy, thinner, more swarthy, destitute of angles, and covered 
with whitish spots. The stem is thin and hollow, the flowers 
of a purple colour, and the root large and covered with a 
black rind ; so much so, in fact, that it might almost be taken 
for the root of rape. This plant grows in umbrageous local- 
ities, and by the people of our country is known as the tuber 
terrae."'* It ought to be grown in every house, if there is any 
truth in the assertion that wherever it grows, noxious spells 
can have no effect. This plant is also what is called an 
amulet and taken in wine, they say, it produces all the 
symptoms and appearances of intoxication. The root is dried, 
cut in pieces, like the squill, and put away for keeping. When 
wanted, a decoction is made of it, of the consistency of honey. 
Still, however, it has some deleterious*^^ properties ; and a 
pregnant woman, it is said, if she passes over the root of it, 
will be sure to miscarry. 
CHAr. 68. THE CYCLAMINOS CISSANTHEMOS : FOUR REMEDIES. 
There is also another kind of cyclaminos, known by the a^d- 
ditionalname of cissanthemos the stems of it, which are 
jointed, are good for nothing. It is altogether different from 
the preceding plant, and entwines around the trunks of trees. 
It bears a berry similar to that of the ivy, but soft ; and the 
flower is white and pleasing to the sight. The root is never 
used. The berries are the only part of it in use, being of an 
Fee identifies it with the Cyclamen hederssfolium of Aiton, the Ivy- 
leaved sow-bread ; Littre with the Cyclamen Grsecum of Lamarck. 
74 « Tuberosity of the earth." 
Suum venenum ei est." Gerard seems to have had a worse opinion 
of it than our author ; for he states in his Herbal, p. 845, that he had ex- 
perienced great misfortunes owing to his imprudence in having cultivated 
Cyclamen in his garden. 
76 u Ivy-flowered." It resembles the other plant in nothing but the 
name. Fee is inclined, with Desfontaines, to identify it with the Lonicera 
caprifolium of Linnaeus, the Italian honeysuckle, though that plant bears 
no resemblance in either leaf or flower to the ivy. The Lonicera pericly- 
menum of Linnaeus, the Common woodbine or honeysuckle, has been also 
suggested, as well as the Brvonia alba, Solanum dulcamara, and Cucubalus 
bacciferus. 
