Pseudodictamnus original: fasūṭirūyīnūn; False Dittany

A botanical illustration of a plant, possibly Pseudodictamnus. It features thin, branching green stems bearing small, rounded green leaves with serrated or scalloped edges. Attached to the base of the stems is a prominent, curved, horn-shaped structure, likely representing a root or a dry fruit, rendered in vivid red, yellow, and black pigments.

112 The Arabic letters represent the number 112 in the Abjad system, likely the chapter number in this specific manuscript tradition.

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This plant's height is about three spans original: shibr; a traditional unit of length roughly equal to the width of an expanded hand and it grows on the island called Crete original: qurīṭā. It has leaves similar to the leaves of the plant called Phousōn original: fūsūn; likely a transliteration of a Greek plant name, possibly referring to Pulegium or Pennyroyal, which Dioscorides often compares to this species. If about four sprigs of it are drunk with water, it heals colic original: al-maghaṣ, promotes the flow of urine, and relieves pain in the side. If it is mixed with salt and wine and applied as a warm poultice, it dissolves scrofula original: al-khanāzīr; a historical term for glandular swellings, often of a tuberculous nature.

Chamaepitys original: chāmāfīṭus; Ground-pine, literally "Ground-pine" in Greek

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