[928] See B. x. c. 37. He alludes to the birds called “Memnonides.”
[929] See B. xvii. c. 1.
[930] See B. xiv. c. 28.
[931] He alludes to the finest and most delicate kinds of wheaten flour. See B. xviii. c. [29].
[932] “Uno asse.”
[933] As “corruda,” or “wild asparagus.” The Brassica capitata alba of C. Bauhin, or white cabbage, sometimes attains a weight of ten or twelve pounds.
[934] This is an exaggeration, probably.
[935] He alludes to the artichoke, or Cinara cardunculus of the botanists, which bears some resemblance to the common thistle.
[936] Martial and Aulus Gellius speak of ice and snow drinks. The latter must have been very injurious to the stomach.
[937] See B. xxxi. c. 23.