[1245] These statements are consistent with modern experience.
[1247] He says this probably in reference partly to the large leaves which characterize the varieties of dock.
[1248] Dishes made of rice or barley. See B. xviii. c. [13].
[1250] He does not give the name of the poet, but, as Fée says, we do not experience any great loss thereby.
[1251] From Theophrastus, Hist. Plant. B. vii. c. 6.
[1252] See B. xv. c. 32.
[1253] “Absinthium.” See B. xxvii. c. 28.
[1254] See B. xxv. c. 30.