[1520] Or “mountain parsley,” see B. xix. c. [48].
[1521] Or “marsh-parsley,” see B. xix. c. [37]. It is possessed of certain energetic properties, more appreciated by the ancient physicians than in modern pharmacy.
[1522] “Rock-parsley:” from this name comes our word “parsley.” It is not clearly known to what variety of parsley he refers under this name.
[1523] Or “ox-parsley.” C. Bauhin identifies this with the Petroselinum Creticum or Agriopastinaca of Crete; but, as Fée remarks, it is not clear to which of the Umbelliferæ he refers under that name.
[1524] The Ocimum basilicum of Linnæus, according to most commentators: though Fée is not of that opinion, it being originally from India, and never found in a wild state. From what Varro says, De Re Rust. B. i. c. 31, he thinks that it must be sought among the leguminous plants, the genus Hedysarum, Lathyrus, or Medicago. He remarks also, that Pliny is the more to be censured for the absurdities contained in this Chapter, as the preceding writers had only mentioned them to ridicule them.
[1525] See B. ix. c. 51.
[1526] “In Empericis.”
[1527] “Atramento sutorio.”
[1528] The Brassica eruca of Linnæus.
[1529] None of the numerous remedies mentioned by Pliny for removing spots on the skin, are at all efficacious, in Fée’s opinion.