[3291] From κηπὸς, “a garden,” it is thought; on account of its varied colours.
[3292] “Laurel-stone.”
[3293] “Substitute” for beryl.
[3294] “Two-formed,” or “of a double nature.” A grand acquisition, as Ajasson remarks, for the worshippers of Priapus. See a similar characteristic in the Eryngium, our Eringo, B. xxii. c. 9: also Mandragora, B. xxv. c. 94, Note 877.
[3295] “Stone of Dionysus” or “Bacchus.”
[3296] “Dragon stone.”
[3297] The serpent so called—“draco.” See B. xxix. c. 20.
[3298] A story invented, no doubt, by the sellers of some kind of precious stone.
[3299] “Heart-shaped.” A turquois, Hardouin thinks. See “Bucardia” in Chapter [55] above.
[3300] “The best.”