[2744] Capillos.
[2745] An area before the temple of Vulcan.
[2746] “Stationes municipiorum.” A sort of exchange, near the Forum, where the citizens met to discuss the topics of the day.
[2747] See B. iv. c. 18. Of course, this story must be regarded as fabulous.
[2748] Quercus.
[2749] These are fables founded upon the known longevity of trees, which, as Fée remarks, Pliny relates with a truly “infantine simplicity.”
[2750] See B. v. c. 43.
[2751] See B. v. c. 29.
[2752] The palm is by no means a long-lived tree.
[2753] The pomegranate, on the contrary, has been known to live many centuries.