[2454] More particularly in the Populus tremula, the “quivering” poplar.
[2455] Crepitantia.
[2456] See B. xv. c. [15]. Not a species, but an accidental monstrosity.
[2457] See B. xv. c. [37], where he speaks of the Hexastich myrtle.
[2458] The leaves of the elm and the tree supposed to be identical with the cytisus of the ancients have no characteristics in common. See B. xiii. c. [47], and the Notes.
[2459] De Re Rust. cc. 5, 30, 45.
[2460] Very inappropriate food for cattle, it would appear: the fig leaf being charged with a corrosive milky juice; the leaf of the holm oak, hard and leathery; and that of the ivy, bitter and nauseous in the highest degree.
[2461] Eighth of February.
[2462] See B. viii. c. 67.
[2463] Catlitio.