Appendix to the Books on Plants and Peripatetic Questions

Another shorter variety, entirely similar to the Sumac original: "Rhoi", which is called Sumach. However, its leaves drip with a milky sap.

Mecioacan A root from Mexico, Ipomoea jalapa, known for its laxative properties is a white root brought from the West Indies, a medicine that gently purges watery humors. Its plant is described by the Spaniard Monardes Nicolas Monardes, a famous 16th-century physician who wrote on New World medicines; this description corresponds entirely to the common Tamarus, which is called "wild vine" by Dioscorides The primary authority on herbal medicine in antiquity.

In Rome, a plant is sold among the vegetables which they call Celery original: "Seleri": this appears to be the cultivated Hipposelinon Horse-parsley. It is similar to marsh parsley, but whiter and larger; its stalks, when covered with mounds of earth, are rendered tender and white. The root is also white, and both the root and stalks are eaten raw or cooked with pepper and salt. The taste and smell are similar to Alexanders original: "olasatro", but more pleasant.

The Conyza Fleabane of Hippocrates is described in the second book of On the Diseases of Women. It is an herb similar to curled parsley that grows near the sea in sandy places, the odor of which can scarcely be tolerated. It is applied as a suppository with honey and wine for a womb that does not retain the seed. Elsewhere he calls it "wild Conyza": taken in a drink with Castoreum A secretion from beavers used in medicine and wine, it acts against the "strangulation of the womb" A historical term for hysterical or uterine disorders. This is commonly called Ambrosiana; it is abundant near Senigallia A port town on the Adriatic coast of Italy.

Bulbium likely Nigella arvensis or a similar species in the second book of On the Diseases of Women: a black and pungent seed, similar to Ethiopian Cumin; it grows among wheat, especially in Egypt. It cleanses the womb when applied as a suppository with garlic and nitre native sodium carbonate. They are commonly called Betone, on account of the similarity of the seed to Nigella Black cumin. It is called Bulbium because the seed is black like an owl original: "bubo"; a play on the Greek word for owl, though the etymology is likely botanical.

Sweet Holoconitis in the first book of On the Diseases of Women. The root is small like a bulb, in the manner of an olive; drunk in wine with fragrant seed, Ethiopian Cumin, and Marseilles Seseli Hartwort, it expels the afterbirth. It is commonly called Trasi, in the category of easy-to-procure medicines original: "Eupori".

White Epithimum in the second book of On the Diseases of Women: that is, white pepper, for in the category of peppers he does not mention a white variety.