[662] Quite a different plant. See B. xxvii. c. 11.
[663] Judging from the text of Dioscorides, a passage has been probably lost here, to the effect that “it is taken in drink by persons troubled with lascivious dreams.”
[664] Identified with the Nymphæa alba of Linnæus, the White-flowered nymphæa.
[665] “Adversatur ei allium.” A corrupt reading, in all probability.
[666] The Nuphar lutea of Sibthorp; the Yellow-flowered nymphæa, or Nenuphar.
[667] See B. v. c. i.
[668] In B. xix. c. 38.
[669] Il. xii. 444.
[670] The Euphorbia officinarum of Linnæus, Officinal spurge.
[671] An incorrect statement, as Fée remarks.