[1972] In B. xviii. c. 44. It was also called “securidaca.”
[1973] See B. xx. c. 71.
[1974] We learn from Galen that it formed an ingredient in the great antidote of Mithridates.
[1975] Fée thinks that it may possibly be the Polygala vulgaris of Linnæus, the Common milk-wort. Desfontaines mentions the Polygala amara of Linnæus, the Bitter milkwort of the South of Europe; and Littré gives the Polygala venulosa of Sibthorp.
[1976] See B. xxv. c. 76.
[1977] The “sinew” plant.
[1978] Generally identified with the Anthericum or Hemerocallis liliastrum of Linnæus, the Savoy anthericum or Spider’s-wort. M Fräas says, however (Synopsis, p. 288), that that plant has not been found in Greece; and relying upon the description of Dioscorides, he prefers the Lloydia Græca, which grows commonly in Attica, the isles of Greece, and the Peloponnesus, as its synonym. It is found upon elevations of 1500 feet.
[1979] “White flower.”
[1980] “White thorn.”
[1981] Hence its name. See B. viii. c. 41, B. x. c. 95, and B. xi. cc. 24, 28, 29.