f18v...Dioscorides...something about those leaves

[MarcoP]

The Latin annotator wrote "narticus" (na2tic9) next to the plant on the left, so they connected the illustration with the paragraph at the top of the page, starting with Νάρθηκος (genitive of νάρθηξ).

In You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. the image looks very different (similar to the actual plant You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.).

Peucedanum is in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., also very different from the Paris ms (left and right: Paris; center: Morgan).

   


EDIT: it would be great to be able to read Dioscorides' text, my guess is that the Paris Grec 2179 illustration was derived from a textual description of Narthex. E.g. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.: 
"flowers small, yellow, in single or scarcely branched compound umbels arising from within the leaf sheaths". 

While the Paris illustration does not look like Narhtex, it does show a flower arising from within a sheath: the green cone below the daisy could represent the leaf sheaths, while the daisy stands for a generic "flower".