[1185] See B. xvii. c. 14, and B. xxi. c. [14].
[1186] Hist. Plant. B. ix. c. 1. This story originated, no doubt, in the fancied resemblance of its smell to that of myrrh.
[1187] The Capparis spinosa of Linnæus. See B. xiii. c. 44, also B. xx. c. [59].
[1188] In B. xiii. c. 44.
[1189] The Carum carvi of Linnæus.
[1190] Caria, in Asia Minor.
[1191] The Ligusticum levisticum of Linnæus.
[1192] “Ox cunila.” One of the Labiatæ, probably; but whether one of the Satureia or of the Thymbra is not known. See B. xx. cc. [60], [61].
[1194] Scribonius Largus gives this name to savory, the Satureia hortensis of Linnæus. The whole of this passage is very confused, and its meaning is by no means clear.