The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4 (of 6)Pliny, the Elder
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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4 (of 6)
Pliny, the Elder
Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works
66. Plants in which the blossom makes its appearance before
the stem. Plants in which the stem appears before the
blossom. Plants which blossom three times in the year 359
67. The cypiros. The thesion _ib._
68. The asphodel, or royal spear. The anthericus or albucus _ib._
69. Six varieties of the rush: four remedies derived from the
cypiros 361
70. The cyperos: fourteen remedies. The cyperis. The cypira 363
71. The holoschœnus 364
72. Ten remedies derived from the sweet-scented rush, or
teuchites _ib._
73. Remedies derived from the flowers before mentioned:
thirty-two remedies derived from the rose _ib._
74. Twenty-one remedies derived from the lily 366
75. Sixteen remedies derived from the narcissus 367
76. Seventeen remedies derived from the violet 368
77. Seventeen remedies derived from the bacchar. One remedy
derived from the combretum _ib._
78. Eight remedies derived from asarum 369
79. Eight remedies derived from gallic nard _ib._
80. Four remedies derived from the plant called “phu” 370
81. Twenty remedies derived from saffron _ib._
82. Syrian crocomagna: two remedies _ib._
83. Forty-one remedies derived from the iris: two remedies
derived from the saliunca 371
84. Eighteen remedies derived from the polium 372
85. Three remedies derived from the holochrysos. Six remedies
derived from the chrysocome 373
86. Twenty-one remedies derived from the melissophyllum _ib._
87. Thirteen remedies derived from the melilote 374
88. Four remedies derived from the trefoil _ib._
89. Twenty-eight remedies derived from thyme 375
90. Four remedies derived from the hemerocalles 376
91. Five remedies derived from the helenium _ib._
92. Twenty-two remedies derived from the abrotonum 377
93. One remedy derived from the leucanthemum. Nine remedies
derived from the amaracus 378
94. Ten remedies derived from the anemone or phrenion 379
95. Six remedies derived from the œnanthe 380
96. Eleven remedies derived from the helichrysos _ib._
97. Eight remedies derived from the hyacinth 381
98. Seven remedies derived from the lychnis _ib._
99. Four remedies derived from the vincapervinca 382
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