[1742] He is speaking of the prepared aloes of commerce.
[1743] It is still used for this purpose.
[1744] There is no foundation, Fée says, for this statement.
[1745] It would appear that it is still employed in India for this purpose, but it is no longer used in Europe.
[1746] Identified by Fée with the Malva alcea of Linnæus, the Vervain mallow, an emollient and, comparatively, inert plant. Littré gives as its synonym the Malope malachoïdes, Marsh mallow. Sibthorp identifies it with the Hibiscus trionum, and Anguillara with the Althæa cannabina of Linnæus. It is probably the same plant as the Alcima, mentioned several times in B. xxvi.
[1747] See B. xxv. c. 59.
[1748] Identified with the Globularia alypum of Linnæus, the Three-toothed leaf Globularia, or Turbith.
[1749] Identified by Sprengel with the Cerastium aquaticum, and by other authorities with the Alsine media of Linnæus, the Common chickweed. Desfontaines suggests the Stellaria nemorum, the Broadleaved stitchwort, but Fée prefers the Parietaria Cretica of Linnæus, Cretan pellitory, as its synonym.
[1750] “Mouse-ear.”
[1751] From the Greek ἄλσος, a “grove.”