CHAP. 39.—THE ERICA; ONE REMEDY.
The Greeks give the name of “erice,”[173] to a shrub that is but little different from the myrice.[174] It has the colour, and very nearly the leaf, of rosemary. It neutralizes[175] the venom of serpents, it is said.
The Greeks give the name of “erice,”[173] to a shrub that is but little different from the myrice.[174] It has the colour, and very nearly the leaf, of rosemary. It neutralizes[175] the venom of serpents, it is said.