Condrion (Latin; unidentified): Do ̄rotheos of Athens.
Coriander (Greek: koriandron and koriannon; Coriandrum sativum L.): Kurillos, Marcianus (of
Africa?).
Crocus: (see Autumn Crocus or else Saffron)
Cucumber (Greek: sikuos; Cucumis sativus L.): Ambrosios of Puteoli.
Cucumber, Wild: (see Squirting Cucumber)
Cumin (Greek: kuminon; Cuminum cyminum L.): Eire ̄naios, Khrusippos of Knidos (I), Serenus
(Pharm.).
Cumin, “Ethiopian” (probably the same as ammi, for which see the Glossary):
Andronikos (Pharm.), Iulianus (Pharm.), Marcianus (of Africa?), Philippos of Macedon.
Cyclamen (Greek: kuklaminos; Cyclamen graecum Link, and other species): Diogene ̄s (Pharm.),
Eruthrios, Papyrus Laur. Inv. 68, Papyrus Oxyrhynchos 15.1796 (De Plantiis Aegyptiis).
Cypress (Greek: kuparissos; Cupressus sempervirens L.): Minius Percennius, Philo ̄n of
Huampolis.
Damson-plum (Greek: damaske ̄ne ̄; Prunus domestica L.): Pamphilos of Alexandria.
Date (Greek: phoinikobalanos [fruit] and phoenix [tree]; Phoenix dactylifera L.): Eue ̄nos, Kurillos,
Lactantius, Olumpos, Prutanis, Stephanos of Tralleis.
Dill (Greek: ane ̄thon; Anethum graveolens L.): Dalio ̄n.
Dittany (Greek: diktamnon; Origanum dictamnus L.): Apelle ̄s (of Thasos?), Diophantos of
Lukia, Eutonios, Phulakos, Strato ̄n (Erasistratean), Ze ̄nophilos.
Dodder (Greek: epithumon; Cuscuta epithymum L.): Theodo ̄re ̄tos.
Dropwort (Greek: oinanthe ̄; formerly Spiraea filipendula L., now Filipendula vulgaris Moench):
Apollo ̄nios of Alexandria “Mus,” Eue ̄nos.
Elecampane (Greek: helenion; Inula helenium L.): Hikesios of Smurna, Iamblikhos of
Constantinople, Marcellus (Pharm.), Nearkhos, Papyrus Johnson (Antinoensis).
Elelisphakos (Greek; Salvia libanotica Boiss. & Gaill. syn. Salvia triloba L.f.): Dio ̄n (Med.),
pseudo-Orpheus (Med.).
Elm (Greek: ptelea; Latin: ulmus; Ulmus glabra Huds., Ulmus minor Mill., and Ulmus procera
Salisb.): Iulius Atticus.
Endive: (see Chicory)
Ephe ̄meron (Greek; unidentified, perhaps the Autumn Crocus): Strato ̄n (Erasistratean).
E ̄rigero ̄n (Greek; Senecio vulgaris L., “groundsel”): Kallimakhos (of Bithunia).
Eryngo (Greek: e ̄rungion; Eryngium campestre L.): Amarantos, Nearkhos, Polle ̄s.
Eupatoria: (see Agrimony)
Fennel (Greek: marathon; Foeniculum vulgare Mill.; cf. Hippomarathron): Anthimus, Isido ̄ros
of Memphis, Kurillos, Marcianus (of Africa?), Nike ̄ratos, Petrikhos, Pomponius Bassus,
Tle ̄polemos, Ze ̄no ̄n of Laodikeia.
Fennel, Libyan (Ferula marmarica L.): Nike ̄ratos, Trupho ̄n of Gortun.
Fenugreek (Greek: te ̄lis; Trigonella foenum-graecum L.): Andreas of Karustos, Harpokra ̄s,
Marcianus (of Africa?), Pantainos, Seuerus the Ophthalmologist, Timo ̄n.
Fer n (Greek: pteris and the ̄lupterion; Pteris aquilina L. or Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott.; cf.
Maidenhair): Alexander of Tralleis, Phainias.
Ferula (Greek: narthe ̄x; Ferula communis L.): Antonius Castor.
Fig (Greek: erineos and suke ̄; Ficus carica L.): Androtio ̄n, Chrysippus of Soloi, Cloatius Verus,
INDEX OF PLANTS