[572] The Centaurea centaurium of Linnæus, the greater centaury.
[573] “Seritur.”
[574] Hardouin identifies it with the Geranium Robertianum of Linnæus; Sprengel and Desfontaines with the Phellandrium mutellina of Linnæus; Columna with the Sanicula; Sibthorp with the Scrofularia lucida; and M. Fraäs with the Scrofula chrysanthemifolia of Linnæus. Fée expresses himself unable to speak with any certainty on the subject.
[575] Whence its name “sidereon.”
[576] Or “Chironian vine.”
[577] In B. xxiii. c. 17.
[578] In B. xxii. c. 20.
[579] “Swine’s bean”—our henbane.
[580] The Hyoscyamus reticulatus of Linnæus, reticulated henbane.
[581] The Hyoscyamus niger of Linnæus, black henbane.