[2101] Or “eunuch” laurel; a variety, probably, of the Laurus nobilis.
[2102] The “ground laurel:” according to Sprengel, this is the Ruscus racemosus of Linnæus. See B. xxiv. c. 81.
[2103] From Alexandria in Troas: the Ruscus hypophyllum of Linnæus, it is supposed.
[2104] “The tongue below.” This, Fée justly says, would appear to be a more appropriate name for the taxa, mentioned above.
[2105] From the berry being attached to the leaf.
[2106] “The thrower out from below,” perhaps.
[2107] Sprengel thinks that it is the Clematis vitalba of Linnæus. Fuchsius identities it with the Daphne laureola of Linnæus; and Fée thinks it may be either that or the Daphne mezereum of Linnæus.
[2108] “Crown of Alexander.”
[2109] Curiously enough, it is generally considered now more suggestive of war than of peace.
[2110] The despatches were wrapped in laurel leaves.