[3178] See B. xiii. c. 10.
[3179] They are of no efficacy whatever for such a purpose.
[3180] See B. xv. c. 25. They are no longer used in medicine, and, as Fée says, it is extremely doubtful if they possess any of the properties here attributed to them.
[3181] They are still looked upon as very nourishing, as, indeed, is the case with all the feculent fruits.
[3182] See B. xv. c. 26.
[3183] They are productive of colic and diarrhœa.
[3184] See B. xiii. c. 16.
[3185] See B. xv. c. 31.
[3186] The juice of the sap would, to all appearance, produce an acetate or oxide of iron.
[3187] See B. xv. c. 28.