[2368] De Re Med. ii. 33. It must not be confounded with the plant of that name mentioned in c. 62 of this Book.
[2369] The Solanum nigrum of Linnæus, or black night-shade. See B. xxi. c. [108].
[2370] The Physalis alkekengi of Linnæus; red night-shade, alkekengi, or winter cherry. Fée remarks, that the varieties of this plant in Egypt are very numerous, and that in many places, till very recently, it was employed as an article of food.
[2371] “Vesica.”
[2372] The Solanum villosum of Lamarck.
[2373] From δορὺ, a “spear.”
[2374] “Apertius,” as suggested by Sillig, is a preferable reading to “parcius.”
[2375] From μάνια, “madness.”
[2376] The Physalis somnifera of Linnæus, the somniferous nightshade.
[2377] The Solanum melongena of Linnæus.