[1721] See B. xii. c. [57].

[1722] See B. xiii. c. 2, p. [163].

[1723] See B. xii. c. [41].

[1724] See B. xiii. c. [2].

[1725] Fée doubts the possibility of such a resemblance.

[1726] Hyoscyamus. A medicinal oil is still extracted from it. See B. xxiii. c. 49.

[1727] This medicinal oil is no longer used. The Lupinus albus was formerly held in greater esteem than it is now.

[1728] The Raphanus sativus of Linnæus. See B. xix. c. 26. This is one of the fixed oils; varieties of it are rape oil, and colza oil, now so extensively used.

[1729] From the Greek χόρτος, “grass.” This medicinal oil would be totally without power or effect.

[1730] A fixed oil is still extracted in Egypt from the grain known as sesamum.