[277] The Brassica napus of Linnæus.
[278] 1st of March.
[279] The Neptunalia and the Vulcanalia; 23rd of July and 23rd of August.
[280] In consequence of the brittleness of the pod.
[281] This is an exaggeration of certain phænomena observed in the leaves of all leguminous plants.
[282] In B. xvii. c. 6.
[283] “Ex areâ.” This reading is favoured by the text of Columella. B. ii. c. 10, who says the same. But “ex arvo,” from the field, i. e. the “moment it is gathered”—seems preferable, as being more consistent with the context,
[284] From Theophrastus, Hist. Plant. B. viii. c. 1. 11, &c.
[285] It is still thought that the lupine enriches the soil in which it grows.
[286] Marcellus Empiricus says, that boiled lupine meal, spread as a plaster, and laid on the abdomen, will destroy intestinal worms.