CHAP. 28.—LIMONION, OR NEUROIDES: THREE REMEDIES.
There is a wild beet, too, known by some persons as “limonion,”[1452] and by others as “neuroides;” it has leaves much smaller and thinner than the cultivated kind, and lying closer together. These leaves amount often to eleven[1453] in number, the stalk resembling that of the lily.[1454] The leaves of this plant are very useful for burns, and have an astringent taste in the mouth: the seed, taken in doses of one acetabulum, is good for dysentery. It is said that a decoction of beet with the root has the property of taking stains out of cloths and parchment.