CHAP. 65.—THE IASIONE. THE CHONDRYLLA. THE PICRIS, WHICH REMAINS IN FLOWER THE WHOLE YEAR THROUGH.
The iasione[2252] has a single leaf only, but that so folded and involved, as to have all the appearance of being several in number. The chondrylla[2253] is bitter, and the juice of the root is of an acrid taste. The aphace, too, is bitter, and so is the plant called “picris,”[2254] which also remains in flower the whole year through: it is to this bitterness that it is indebted for its name.[2255]