Iris, Yellow (Greek: akoron; Iris pseudacorus L.): Amarantos, Aristokle ̄s, Diophantos of Lukia.
Iskhas (Greek; Euphorbia apios L.): Apollo ̄nios “Mus.”
Ivy (Greek: kissos; Hedera helix L.): Harpokratio ̄n of Alexandria.
Juniper (Greek: arkeuthos [tree] and arkeuthis [its berry]; Latin iuniper; Juniperus communis L.;
cf. Cedar): Cornelius, Flauius “the boxer,” Nearkhos, Pankharios.
Juniper, Savin (Greek: brathu; Latin: sabina; Juniperus sabina L.): Antimakhos, Eugamios.
Kammaron: (see Hemlock)
Kangkhru (Greek; probably Cachrys libanotis (L.) Koch or Lecokia cretica Lam.): Hubriste ̄s.
Kaukalis (Greek; perhaps Tordylium apulum L., Caucalis playcarpos L., or Caucalis grandiflora L.
syn. Orlaya grandiflora (L.) Hoffm.): Khrusippos of Knidos (I), Petrikhos.
Khamaidrus: (see Germander)
Khloeron sisumbron (Greek; unidentified): Nikias of Mile ̄tos.
Konuza (Greek; either Inula viscosa Aiton [“fleabane”] or Inula graveolens Desf.): Polle ̄s.
Krotalon: (see Narcissus)
Kuperos (Greek; Cyperus rotundus L.): Aurelius, Poluarkhos, Ze ̄nophilos.
Labdanum: (see Ladanon)
Ladanon (Greek; Cistus creticus L. or Cistus cyprius L. or another): He ̄ra ̄s, Rufus of Ephesos.
Larch (Latin: larix; Larix decidua Mill.): Vitruuius.
Lathuris (Greek; perhaps Euphorbia lathyris L.): Aphroda ̄s.
Laurel (Greek: daphne ̄; Laurus nobilis L.; cf. Mustax): Eugeneia, Kharikle ̄s, Kurillos, O ̄rio ̄n,
Sertorius Clemens, Ze ̄nophilos.
Lavender Cotton (Greek: abrotonon; Santolina chamaecyparissus L.): Nike ̄ratos.
Leek (Greek: prason; Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum (L.) J.Gay): Dionusios of Utica, Seuerus
Iatrosophista.
Lees (Greek: trux; cf. Wine): Erasistratos of Sikuo ̄n, Euelpide ̄s, Manetho ̄n (Pharm.),
Menelaos (Pharm.), Minucianus.
Lentil (Greek: phakos; Lens culinaris Medik.): Hippokratic Corpus Surgery, Praecepta
Salubria.
Leopard’s Bane (Greek: skorpios; Doronicum pardalianches Jacq. or similar species):
Dioskouride ̄s of Anazarbos, Epainete ̄s.
Lettuce (Greek: thridax; Lactuca sativa L.): Iako ̄bos Psukhrestos, Praecepta Salubria.
Libano ̄tis (Greek; either Kangkhru or Rosemary): Antimakhos, Sertorius Clemens.
Licorice (Greek: glukurrhiza and glukeia rhiza; Glycyrhiza glabra L.): Amarantos, Apollo ̄nios
Claudius, Dioskoros (Pharm.), Eugeneia, Iako ̄bos Psukhrestos, Lusias, Nikostratos
(Pharm.), Olumpos, O ̄rigeneia, Stephanos of Tralleis.
Ligusticum: (see Lovage)
Lily (Greek: sousinon; Lilium candidum L.): Strato ̄n (Erasistratean).
Linseed: (see Flax)
Lo ̄tos Tree, Libyan (Greek; Ziziphus lotus Willd.): Marcianus (of Africa?).
Lotus Flower (Greek: lo ̄tos; Nymphaea caerulea Sav. [blue] and Nymphaea zenkeri L. [red]):
Pankrate ̄s of Alexandria.
Lovage (Latin: ligusticum; Levisticum officinale Koch): Cornelius, Pankharios.
Lusimakhia (Greek; Lythrum salicaria L.): Lusimakhos of Macedon.
INDEX OF PLANTS