CHAP. 115.—THE EXEDUM. THE PLANT CALLED NOTIA: TWO REMEDIES.
The plant called “exedum”[429] is curative of lethargy. The herbaceous plant called “notia,” which is used by curriers for dyeing leather a bright, cheerful colour, and known by them under various names—is curative of cancerous ulcers; I find it also stated that, taken in wine or in oxycrate, it is extremely efficacious for stings inflicted by scorpions.