[222] See B. xii. c. 8. Desfontaines is inclined to identify the tree here spoken of with the Diospyros ebenaster of Kœnig.
[223] See c. 91 of this Book; the Artemisia dracunculus of Linnæus.
[224] “Erodentia.” Fée remarks upon the singularity, that with this property attributed to it, it should be recommended for diseases of the eyes.
[225] The “rose-tree.” Our rose-bay or oleander.
[226] “Rose-laurel.”
[227] See B. xvi. c. 33. It is, Fée says, an energetic poison, but as injurious to man as it is to animals.
[228] See B. xiii. c. 13. The sumach-tree; the Rhus coriaria of Linnæus.
[229] Identified by Fée with the Coriaria myrtifolia of Linnæus, or myrtle-leaved sumach. It is used in the preparation of leather, Fée says, and is intensely poisonous.
[230] The sumach-tree.
[231] Or “mouth-medicine.” See B. xxii. c. 11, and B. xxiii. cc. 58 and 71.