[2071] De Re Rust. c. 8.
[2072] The so-called wild myrtle does not in reality belong to the genus Myrtus.
[2073] See B. xxiii. c. 83; the Ruscus aculeatus of the family of the Asparagea.
[2074] The common myrtle, Myrtus communis of the naturalists.
[2075] Or Roman myrtle, a variety of the Myrtus communis.
[2076] The “six row” myrtle. Fée thinks that it belongs to the Myrtus angustifolia Bœtica of Bauhin.
[2077] De Re Rust. 125.
[2078] See B. xxiii. c. 81.
[2079] A new proof, as Fée remarks, that the ancients had peculiar notions of their own, as to the flavour of wine; myrtle berries, he says, would impart to wine a detestable aromatic flavour.
[2080] “Saccis:” the strainer being made of cloth. See B. xiv. c. [28].