[2318] “Orthopnœa.”
[2319] The Iris fœtidissima of Linnæus. It grows near Constantinople, and the smell of it is so like that of roast meat, that it is commonly called, Fée says, the “leg of mutton iris.”
[2320] “Credo.” It does not exactly appear that Pliny puts faith in this superstition, as Fée and Desfontaines seem to think; but he merely hazards a supposition as to what are the intentions of these avaricious herbalists.
[2321] See c. [20] of this Book.
[2322] See c. [21] of this Book. Fée remarks, that in reality it possesses none of the qualities that are attributed to it.
[2323] The “protection against poisons.”
[2324] We have adopted Sillig’s emendation of this passage; the words “aiunt, quod alii” being evidently required by the context.
[2325] “Cytinus” appears to be a preferable reading here to “cyanus,” the “blue-bell.”
[2326] See c. [24] of this Book. Its medicinal properties, Fée says, are next to nothing.
[2327] See c. [26] of this Book. If it is the Chrysocoma linosyris, it has no peculiar medicinal properties, Fée says. All these statements are found in Dioscorides.