[2804] He probably alludes to his remark in B. xvi. c. [1].
[2805] Q. Luctatius Catulus, the colleague of Marius. Being afterwards condemned to die by Marius, he suffocated himself with the fumes of charcoal.
[2806] A.U.C. 659.
[2807] Valerius Maximus, B. ix. c. 1, relates this story somewhat differently.
[2808] The Celtis Australis of Linnæus.
[2809] See B. xxxvi. cc. 3 and 24.
[2810] When, in his capacity of ædile, he gave theatrical representations for the benefit of the public.
[2811] As Fée remarks, this usage has been reversed in modern times, and plants often receive their botanical names from men.
[2812] See B. xviii. c. 4.
[2813] Or north north-east, as Fée says. He adds that this aspect in reality is not favourable to vegetation. Pliny commits the error of copying exactly from Theophrastus, and thereby giving advice to Roman agriculturists, which was properly suited to the climate of Greece only.