[22] In B. xiii. c. 32, and B. xvi. c. 53. Pliny ascribes here to the Lotus of Italy, the Celtis Australis of Linnæus, the same medicinal properties that are given by Dioscorides, B. i. c. 171, to the Egyptian bean or Nymphæa Nelumbo of Linnæus. Galen gives the same account as Dioscorides; it is not improbable, therefore, that Pliny is in error.
[23] See B. xvi. c. 53, Note 2539.
[24] Half a denarius. See Introduction to Vol. III.
[25] Acorns, as well as the bark of the various kinds of oak, are of an astringent nature.
[26] Or, hogs’ lard.
[27] In the singular number, “cacoethes,” “a bad habit;” signifying a malignant or cancerous tumour.
[28] See B. xvi. c. 12. All the properties here ascribed to it, Fée says, are hypothetical. It is no longer used in medicine, at least to any recognized extent.
[29] Hence the Latin word “vermiculum,” from which our word “vermilion” is derived.
[30] In B. xvi. c. 12.
[31] In B. xvi. c. 9.