[1842] “Dog’s testicle.” Considered to be a synonym merely of the Orchis, mentioned in B. xxvi. c. 62.
[1843] This comparison is totally incorrect.
[1844] See B. xxvi. c. 62.
[1845] Or onions.
[1846] A tissue of groundless superstitions.
[1847] “Golden vegetable.” Supposed to be identical with the Atriplex of B. xx. c. 38, our Orage.
[1848] Cultivated orage, probably.
[1849] “Earth rennet.” This plant has not been identified. Lobelius has made a guess at the Serapias abortiva of Linnæus, the Helleborine. It is pretty clear that it was unknown to Pliny himself.
[1850] The same, probably, as the Trychnon of B. xxi. cc. 52, 105, Solanum nigrum or Black nightshade. In the former editions the reading is “cuculus.”
[1851] The “strumous” or “scrofula” plant.