CHAP. 22.—SEA-WEED: TWO REMEDIES.
According to Nicander, sea-weed is also a theriac.[181] There are numerous varieties of it, as already[182] stated; one, for instance, with an elongated leaf, another red, another again with a broader leaf, and another crisped. The most esteemed kind of all is that which grows off the shores of Crete, upon the rocks there, close to the ground: it being used also for dyeing wool, as it has the property[183] of so fixing the colours as never to allow of their being washed out. Nicander recommends it to be taken with wine.