[312] Of the bramble genus.
[313] In reality, as Fée says, there is no botanical affinity between the Rubus, or bramble, and the Rhamnus.
[314] Sprengel identifies this plant with the Zizyphus vulgaris of Linnæus, the jujube, and Desfontaines is of the same opinion. Fée, however, takes it to be the Rhamnus saxatilis of Linnæus, the rock buckthorn.
[315] Identified by some authorities with the Paliurus aculeatus of Decandolles, mentioned in c. 71. Sprengel is in doubt whether it may not be the Rhamnus lycioides of Linnæus.
[316] Not a characteristic, Fée says, of the genus Rhamnus of modern Botany.
[317] Or “Lycian” extract. See B. xii. c. 15.
[318] See B. xii. c. 15. Fée identifies this with the modern Catechu, a decoction from the Acacia catechu, a leguminous plant of the East Indies.
[319] The Rhamnus lycioides of Linnæus, our buckthorn. The Indian plant from which catechu is extracted is of a similar nature. See B. xii. c. 15.
[320] This Fée looks upon as an exaggeration.
[321] See B. xii. c. 15.