[2588] “Black flower.”
[2589] “Malinis,” apple-colour.
[2591] “Fruticis.” The camomile is still extensively used in medicine for fomentations, and the decoction of it is highly esteemed, taken fasting, as a tonic.
[2592] Il. xiv. 347.
[2593] The Melilotus officinalis of Linnæus. See B. xiii. c. 32, and the Notes.
[2594] White specks in the black of the eye, with a red tinge.
[2595] Or “Mother of the Lotus;” the Nymphæa lotus of Linnæus. See B. xiii. c. 32. “Ex loto sata” may probably mean that it springs from the seed of the lotus, in which case, as Fée remarks, it must be identified with the Lotus.
[2596] B. xviii. c. 67, and B. xix. c. 58.
[2597] This apparent marvel is owing to the necessity of light to certain flowers for the purposes of fecundation, while those which open at night require more moisture than light for their reproduction.