[Trinity] General discussion of Trinity College MS O.2.48 Apuleii Herbarium

[Koen G]

What I find very interesting is that some of the more outlandish plants are, in fact, "outlandish", often from India or Ethiopia. One might wonder to what extent those terms are general indications of a wider area than the countries we know today. 

I'm at a loss as to how we can find these plant names if they are not attested in better researched manuscripts and with lots of spelling variation

The ones I saw now are on the remarkable You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. folios. There's a plant with, well first I thought owls but it looks more like some kind of angels upon zooming in. 
Name: Simonios?
Greek: ardebes? (How do I read the superscript s-thing?)
Hebrew: narbithen (hard to read)
It grows in "India maior" close to.... (can't read the next word)
   

The one to its right is even weirder, with two faces, at least one which appears to be of an animal. It grows in India minor (?)
I'm not sure if the first letter is a capital H, if so then the name is "Henthanon". Greek barnolis??? All those words sound so implausible.