[1600] See B. xxv. c. 12.

[1601] An Umbellifera, Fée says, of the modern genus Conyza. See B. xxi. c. [32].

[1602] Fée is of opinion that Pliny has here confounded “cunila” with “conyza,” and that he means the κόνυζα μικρά of Dioscorides, B. iii. c. 136, the κόνυζα θῆλυς of Theophrastus, Hist. Plant. B. vi. c. 2, supposed to be the Inula pulicaria of Linnæus. See B. xxi. c. [32].

[1603] A variety of Conyza. See B. xxi. c. [32].

[1604] Dioscorides, B. iii. c. 136, says the same of the κόνυζα μικρά, or “small conyza.”

[1605] The Satureia thymbra of Linnæus. See B. xix. c. [50].

[1606] “Ictus,” possibly “stings.”

[1607] See the [preceding Chapter]: also B. xix. c. [62], and B. xxi. c. [32].

[1608] Perhaps Indian pepper, the Capsicum annuum of Botany. See B. xix. c. [62].

[1609] For some account of Castor, the botanist, see the [end of this Book].