CHAP. 97.—MOLYBDÆNA: ONE REMEDY.
Molybdæna[889] also grows everywhere in the fields, a plant commonly known as “plumbago.”[889] It has leaves like those of lapathum,[890] and a thick, hairy root. Chewed and applied to the eye from time to time, it removes the disease called “plum-bum,”[891] which affects that organ.