[2068] From χῆνες “geese” and μύχος a “corner;” because geese run into a corner on seeing it.
[2069] As to the meaning of this word, see B. xxviii. c. 47.
[2070] See c. [29] of this Book.
[2071] This has been thought to be the Cheiranthus incanus, Cheiranthus annus, and Leucoium vernum of modern botany; but Fée is of opinion that it is next to impossible to identify it. See c. [14] of this Book.
[2072] See c. [33] of this Book.
[2073] See B. xxv. c. 67.
[2074] In c. 11 of this Book. There is no late variety of the lily known at the present day.
[2075] Or “wind flower:” the Anemone coronaria of Linnæus.