[2228] See B. xix. cc. [31], [36], and [44]; and B. xx. c. [48]. The ocimum of the Greeks has been identified by some with the Ocimum basilicum of Linnæus, our basil. That of the Romans seems to have been a name given to one or more varieties of leguminous plants of the vetch kind.
[2229] The Heliotropium Europæum. See B. xxii. c. [29].
[2230] This plant has not been identified, but Fée is inclined, from what Dioscorides says, B. iv. c. 24, to identify it with either the Lithospermum fruticosum, or else the Anchusa Italica of Linnæus.
[2231] This is not the case, if this plant is identical with the Heliotropium Europæum, that being an annual.
[2232] The Adiantum Capillus Veneris of Linnæus, or the Asplenium trichomanes of Linnæus. “Venus hair, or coriander maiden hair; others name it to be well fern.”—T. Cooper. The leaves of these plants last the whole of their lives.
[2233] The Teuerium polium of Linnæeus, our poley; the leaves of which are remarkably long-lived.
[2234] “Spicatæ.”
[2235] Fée is in doubt whether to identify it with the Plantago cynops of the south of Europe, and the banks of the Rhine.
[2236] “Foxtail.” According to Dalechamps, it is the Saccharum cylindricum, the Lagurus of Linnæus; but Fée expresses his doubts as to their identity.
[2237] Fée inclines to think that it may be the Secale villosum of Linnæus; though the more recent commentators identify it with the Plantago angustifolia. The Saccharum Ravennæ has been suggested.