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[72] ἴουσελίνου, material genitive with “λειμῶνες”, as “αἰγείρων ἄλσος Od.6. 291, “τέμενος .. φυταλιῆς καὶ ἀρούρης πυροφόροιο Il.12. 314.

ἴον is the ordinary blue scented violet, i. e. “ἴον μέλαν” as distinguished from “λευκόϊον”. If there be any value in the reading “σίου” (see crit. note), we may suppose it to refer to the Sium nodiflorum (Linn.), a marsh plant which grows freely in Greece. Cp. “διοσξ. περὶ ὑλ. ἰατρ. 2. 154 σίον τὸ ἐν ὕδασιν εὑρίσκεται ἐν τοῖς ὕδασι θαμνίον ὀρθὸν, λιπαρὸν, φύλλα ἔχον πλατέα ἱπποσελίνῳ ἐοικότα, μικρότερα δὲ καὶ ἀρωματίζοντα”. See also Athen. 2. 6. c.

σέλινον, called “ἐλεόθρεπτον Il.2. 776, may either be parsley, or, more likely, a kind of celery.

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