[882] Fée doubts if it is possible to eat it, boiled even, with impunity.
[883] See B. xiv. cc. 7, 28, and B. xxiii. c. 23.
[884] A very dangerous use of it, Desfontaines thinks.
[885] Desfontaines says that it is still employed in various ways when the milk is in excess.
[886] By causing those organs to waste away.
[887] The province of Asia Minor.
[888] “Wild crethmos.” Generally identified with the Crithmum maritimum of Linnæus, Small samphire, or sea fennel.
[889] Or “lead plant.” Identified with the Plumbago Europæa of Linnæus, Leadwort, or French dittander.
[890] See B. xx. c. 85.
[891] “Lead disease,” apparently; livid spots on the eyelids, Hardouin thinks.