[1862] It is the root that is sweet, and not the leaves.
[1863] It has no such properties.
[1864] The “oak-killer.” Fée thinks that it may possibly be the Convallaria uniflora of Linnæus. Desfontaines names the Cochlearia draba and Littré the Lepidium draba of Linnæus.
[1865] See B. xv. cc. 7, 37, and B. xxiii. c. 83.
[1866] Desfontaines and Fée identify it with the Antirrhinum spurium of Linnæus, Bastard toad-flax, calves’ snout, or snapdragon. Littré gives the Linaria Græca as its synonym.
[1867] See B. xxii. c. 19.
[1868] See B. xviii. c. 14.
[1869] Fée, with Sprengel, identifies it with the Salsola polychlonos of Linnæus, Branchy saltwort or glasswort; Bauhin with the Passerina polygalifolia. The Crithmum maritimum of Linnæus, Sea samphire, has been suggested by Desfontaines. Littré gives the Frankenia pulverulenta of Linnæus. Holland suggests Saxifrage.
[1870] “Calculus-breaking.”
[1871] See B. xiii. c. 35.