[3182] The effects produced upon young shoots by frost, are still so called.
[3183] Probably from the black colour which it turns.
[3184] In this case it would be very similar to what we call sun-stroke.
[3185] “Clavum,” a nail. He appears to allude to a gall that appears on the bark of the olive, the eruption forming the shape of a nail, and, in some instances, a “patella,” or platter. The Coccus adonideum is an insect that is very destructive to the olive.
[3186] De Re Rust. 6.
[3187] A sort of Erineum, Fée suggests. See B. xv. c. [6].
[3188] “Impetigo.” “Tetter,” or “ringworm,” literally.
[3189] From Theophrastus, Hist. Plant. B. iv. c. 16.
[3190] Σφακελισμὸς and κράδος.
[3191] From Theophrastus, Hist. Plant. B. iv. c. 16. Fée is at a loss to know what is meant by these viscous dews, and is unable to identify the disease here mentioned as “scabies.” It is not improbable that it was caused by an insect.