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BOOK XXIV

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THE REMEDIES DERIVED PROM THE FOREST TREES.

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1. The antipathies and sympathies which exist among trees and plants 1

2. The lotus of Italy: six remedies 3

3. Acorns: thirteen remedies 4

4. The kermes-berry of the holm-oak: three remedies _ib._

5. Gall-nuts: twenty-three remedies 5

6. Mistletoe: eleven remedies _ib._

7. The excrescences which grow on the robur: one remedy. The cerrus: eight remedies 6

8. The cork-tree: two remedies 7

9. The beech: four remedies _ib._

10. The cypress: twenty-three remedies _ib._

11. The cedar: thirteen remedies 8

12. Cedrides: ten remedies 9

13. Galbanum: twenty-three remedies 10

14. Hammoniacum: twenty-four remedies 11

15. Storax: ten remedies _ib._

16. Spondylium: seventeen remedies 12

17. Sphagnos, sphacos, or bryon: five remedies _ib._

18. The terebinth: six remedies _ib._

19. The pitch-tree and the larch: eight remedies 13

20. The chamæpitys: ten remedies _ib._

21. The pityusa: six remedies 14

22. Resins: twenty-two remedies 15

23. Pitch: twenty-three remedies 17

24. Pisselæon and palimpissa: sixteen remedies 18

25. Pissasphaltos: two remedies _ib._

26. Zopissa: one remedy 19

27. The torch-tree: one remedy _ib._

28. The lentisk: twenty-two remedies _ib._

29. The plane-tree: twenty-five remedies 20

30. The ash: five remedies 21

31. The maple: one remedy _ib._

32. The poplar: eight remedies _ib._

33. The elm: sixteen remedies 22

34. The linden-tree: five remedies 23

35. The elder: fifteen remedies _ib._

36. The juniper: twenty-one remedies 24

37. The willow: fourteen remedies. The willow of Ameria: one remedy 25

38. The vitex: thirty-three remedies 26

39. The erica: one remedy 28

40. The broom: five remedies _ib._

41. The myrica, otherwise called the tamarica, or tamarix: three remedies 29

42. The brya: twenty-nine remedies 30

43. The blood-red shrub: one remedy 31

44. The siler: three remedies _ib._

45. The privet: eight remedies 32

46. The alder: one remedy _ib._

47. The several varieties of the ivy: thirty-nine remedies _ib._

48. The cisthos: five remedies 34

49. The cissos erythranos: two remedies. The chamæcissos: two remedies. The smilax: three remedies. The clematis: eighteen remedies _ib._

50. The reed: nineteen remedies 35

51. The papyrus, and the paper made from it: three remedies 36

52. The ebony: five remedies 37

53. The rhododendron: one remedy _ib._

54. The rhus or sumach-tree; two varieties of it: eight remedies. Stomatice 38

55. Rhus erythros: nine remedies _ib._

56. The erythrodanus: eleven remedies _ib._

57. The alysson: two remedies 39

58. The radicula or struthion: thirteen remedies. The apocynum: two observations upon it _ib._

59. Rosemary: eighteen remedies 40

60. The seed called cachrys. 41

61. The herb savin: seven remedies _ib._

62. Selago: two remedies _ib._

63. Samolus: two remedies 42

64. Gum: eleven remedies _ib._

65. The Egyptian or Arabian thorn: four remedies 43

66. The white thorn: two remedies. The acanthion: one remedy _ib._

67. Gum acacia: eighteen remedies _ib._

68. Aspalathos: one remedy 45

69. The erysisceptrum, adipsatheon, or diaxylon: eight remedies _ib._

70. The thorn called appendix: two remedies. The pyracantha: one remedy 46

71. The paliurus: ten remedies _ib._

72. The agrifolia. The aquifolia: one remedy. The yew: one property belonging to it _ib._

73. The bramble: fifty-one remedies 47

74. The cynosbatos: three remedies 48

75. The Idæan bramble 50

76. The rhamnos; two varieties of it: five remedies _ib._

77. Lycium: eighteen remedies 51

78. Sarcocolla: two remedies 52

79. Oporice: two remedies _ib._

80. The trixago, chamædrys, chamædrops, or teucria: sixteen remedies _ib._

81. The chamædaphne: five remedies 53

82. The chamelæa: six remedies _ib._

83. The chamæsyce: eight remedies 54

84. The chamæcissos: one remedy _ib._

85. The chamæleuce, farfarum, or farfugium: one remedy _ib._

86. The chamæpeuce: five remedies. The chamæcyparissos: two remedies. The ampeloprason: six remedies. The stachys: one remedy 55

87. The clinopodion, cleonicion, zopyron, or ocimoïdes: three remedies _ib._

88. The clematis centunculus: three remedies 56

89. The clematis echites, or lagine _ib._

90. The Egyptian clematis, daphnoïdes, or polygonoïdes: two remedies 57

91. Different opinions on dracontium _ib._

92. The aron: thirteen remedies 58

93. The dracunculus: two remedies 60

94. The arisaros: three remedies _ib._

95. The millefolium or myriophyllon: seven remedies 61

96. The pseudobunion: four remedies _ib._

97. The myrrhis, myriza, or myrrha: seven remedies _ib._

98. The onobrychis: three remedies 62

99. Coracesta and callicia _ib._

100. The minsas or corinthia: one remedy 63

101. The aproxis: six remedies _ib._

102. The aglaophotis or marmaritis. The achæmenis or hippophobas. The theobrotion or semnion. The adamantis. The arianis. The therionarca. The ætheopis or merois. The ophiusa. The thalassegle or potamaugis. The theangelis. The gelotophyllis. The hestiatoris or protomedia. The casignetes or dionysonymphas. The helianthes or heliocallis. The hermesias. The æschynomene. The crocis. The œnotheris. The anacampseros 64

103. The eriphia 67

104. The wool plant: one remedy. The lactoris: one remedy. The militaris: one remedy 68

105. The stratiotes: five remedies _ib._

106. A plant growing on the head of a statue: one remedy _ib._

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 dunghills: 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 philanthropos: one remedy. The lappa canaria: two remedies _ib._

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

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