CHAP. 27.—THE LOTUS PLANT: FOUR REMEDIES.
Those who think that the lotus is nothing but a tree only, can easily be refuted, if upon the authority of Homer[2592] only; for that poet names the lotus first of all among the herbs which grow to administer to the pleasures of the gods. The leaves of this plant,[2593] mixed with honey, disperse the marks of sores, argema,[2594] and films upon the eyes.