[958] See B. xxvii. c. 52. Sprengel thinks that this is the Neottia spiralis of Schwartz; but Fée is of opinion that it has not hitherto been identified.
[959] Probably the Erica arborea of Linnæus, or “heath” in its several varieties.
[960] Granum Cnidium. The shrub is the Daphne Cnidium of Linnæus.
[961] The “thyme-olive.”
[962] The “ground olive,” or “small olive.” Dioscorides makes a distinction between these two last; and Sprengel has followed it, naming the last Daphne Cnidium, and the first Daphne Cneorum.
[963] See B. xxvii. c. 115.
[964] He says elsewhere that it is like the juniper, which, however, is not the case. Guettard thinks that the tragion is the Androsæmon fetidum, the Hyperium hircinum of the modern botanists. Sprengel also adopts the same opinion. Fée is inclined to think that it was a variety of the Pistacia lentiscus.
[965] Goat’s thorn. The Astragalus Creticus of Linnæus.
[966] He speaks of gum tragacanth.
[967] See B. xxvii. c. 116. Sprengel identifies it with the Salsola tragus of Linnæus.