CHAP. 67.—THE CYPIROS. THE THESION.
Some authors reckon among the bulbs the root of the cypiros, or gladiolus;[2257] it is a pleasant food, and when boiled and kneaded up with bread, makes it more agreeable to the taste, and at the same time more weighty. Not unlike it in appearance is the plant known to us as the “thesion,”[2258] but it is of an acrid flavour.