[672] Its odour, Fée says, is not so strong as Pliny would have us believe.
[673] On the contrary, Fée observes, it would be not unlikely to produce ophthalmia of the most obstinate kind.
[674] This Fée considers to be almost impracticable.
[675] Cisalpine Gaul.
[676] See B. xiii. c. 35.
[677] See B. xii. c. 49, B. xxiv. c. 14, and B. xxxi. c. 39.
[678] The Plantago lagopus of Linnæus, according to Sibthorp; but Sprengel identifies it with the Plantago lanceolata of Linnæus, or else the P. maritima.
[679] The Plantago altissima or major of modern botany.
[680] I.e. the ribs, nerves, or sinews of the leaf.
[681] “Seven-sided.”