De materia medica (Greek manuscript Grec 2179)

A detailed botanical illustration of a Horned Poppy (Glaucium flavum), known as Mekon Keratitis. The plant is depicted with a central brown root system, multiple green stems bearing lobed, serrated leaves, and several five-petaled orange-yellow flowers. Several long, thin, curved seed pods (the "horns") are shown. To the right of the plant, a small male figure with dark skin is illustrated in profile; he wears a simple greyish-blue loincloth and leans on a vertical staff or tool. The illustration is skillfully integrated with the text block.

...placed. Let them be used for swellings original: "auchesi", however, for the cleansing of the head cleansing of the head,
from which we sing to all.
The heads of the black [poppy] original: "melanos kephalia"
when the sap or juices are drunk with the horn A reference to the "horned" shape of the seed pods or perhaps the vessel used
of the Horned Poppy Horned Poppy (Glaucium flavum): A coastal plant named for its long, curved seed pods which can grow up to 10 inches long, resembling a goat's horn..
By the juice of the flowers or the poppy half-garment? of Pallas
of the Cyllenian Perhaps a reference to the region of Cyllene or a mythological epithet
or even [unclear] Henbane original: "lyoknyamou"; likely Hyoscyamus
and the juices of the poppy.
Those writing on herbs
state they indicate
with a voice that [it is] also [called] Gitas, Euonymon,
Magnesian, Thebaian, Nik-

In Arabia near Egypt it grows in great abundance.
It grows for the most part in coastal places.
It has thick, greyish-white leaves, incised original: "epikekommena"; meaning the edges are deeply notched or lobed like the
white or black poppy.
The root is also juiced.
It is an eye-remedy original: "ophthalmika" and cleanses all things that
sting; it is also for darkness
in the pupils original: "tais koras"; referring to the "damsels" or pupils of the eyes or for phlegmatic
moisture flowing down. The herb
is washed just like earth, and is also for the ears.
When molded [into a paste] it is rough and [unclear] ear of corn
within the depths. Through [unclear] Theban
it occurs, produced in the land of the Thebans.
It is copper-colored, small in size,
pungent in taste with a burning sensation.