[1912] Or kidney-bean. See B. xxiv. c. 40.
[1913] Or Gith. See B. xx. c. 71.
[1914] The Euphorbia lathyris of Linnæus, the Caper plant, or Caper spurge.
[1915] There is no such resemblance, except that they both contain a milky juice, the properties of which are, however, very different. It is a plant of an energetic and even dangerous nature, and must never be mistaken for the real caper.
[1916] Mostly thought to be the same plant as the Leontopodium of B. xxvi. c. 34. Littré, however, identifies it with the Evax pygmæus of Linnæus.
[1917] Probably the Echium Italicum of Linnæus, Italian viper’s tongue.
[1918] There is no resemblance between the Echium and the lettuce.
[1919] Identified by Fée and Desfontaines with the Lithospermum officinale of Linnæus, Gremil, gromwell, or stone-crop. Littré mentions the Lithospermum tenuiflorum of Linnæus.
[1920] “Jove’s wheat,” or the “plant of Hercules.”
[1921] This description applies to the variety of Gremil, known as the Coix lacryma of Linnæus, Job’s tears, originally an Indian plant; but it may have been known in Italy in Pliny’s time.