[1102] See B. xxv. c. 20.
[1103] See B. xxv. c. 92.
[1104] See B. xxv. c. 99.
[1105] See B. xxv. c. 100.
[1106] See B. xxv. c. 64.
[1107] Probably the Equisetum silvaticum of Linnæus, our Wild horse-tail. He is in error in saying that it climbs the trunks of trees; a mistake also made by Dioscorides, B. iv. c. 46, who calls it “hippuris.” It is said by some to be a strong diuretic. Littré, however, gives as its synonym the Ephedra fragilis of Linnæus.
[1108] The Geum urbanum of Linnæus, the Common avens, or herb bennet. It was probably unknown to the Greeks.
[1109] Its root has a smell like that of cloves, for which reason it is sometimes known as “Caryophyllata.”
[1110] In B. xxv. c. 48.
[1111] Sprengel identifies it with the Plumbago of B. xxv. c. 22. Fée is not of that opinion, and agrees with Matthioli in considering it to be the Aster tripolium of Linnæus, the Sea starwort. Littré gives the Statice limonium of Linnæus.