[2808] In B. xviii. c. 38. The Ervum ervilia of Linnæus; it is no longer employed in medicine.
[2809] Fée says that this is the case, and that the use of it is said to produce a marked debility.
[2811] Fée remarks that it is surprising to find the ancients setting so much value on the lupine, a plant that is bitter and almost nauseous, difficult to boil, and bad of digestion.
[2812] It must be the rue, Fée says, that acts as the vermifuge.
[2813] See c. [24] of this Book.
[2814] Lees of olive oil.
[2815] This is not the fact.
[2816] In B. xviii. c. 22. Racine, in his letters to Boileau, speaks of a chorister of Notre Dame, who recovered his voice by the aid of this plant.
[2817] It is still used, Fée says, for coughs.