[2018] Sprengel says that this is the Geum rivale of Linnæus; but then the Geum is a spring, and not an autumn flower, its blossoms bear no resemblance to those of the eglantine, and its seeds are not yellow.
[2019] Generally supposed to be the Chrysanthemum segetum, or golden daisy.
[2020] “Pastillicantibus quinquagenis quinis barbulis coronatur.” Pliny is unusually verbose here.
[2021] “Golden locks,” or “gold plant;” probably the Chrysocoma linosyris of Linnæus; though the name appears to have been given to numerous plants.
[2022] See B. xvi. c. 69, B. xviii. c. [65], B. xix. c. [2], B. xxiv. c. 40; also c. [42] of the present Book.
[2023] The Nerium oleander of Linnæus. See B. xvi. c. 33, and B. xxiv. cc. 47, 49.
[2024] As to the Zizyphum, or jujube, see B. xv. c. 14. The flower, as Pliny says, is not unlike that of the olive; but Fée remarks, that it may at the present day as justly be called the tree of Provence or of Italy, as in ancient times “the tree of Cappadocia.”
[2025] B. xxv. c. 67.
[2026] See B. v. c. 41.
[2027] See B. xvi. cc. 62 and 63, and B. xxiv. cc. 47 and 49.