[46] Chomel, "Histoire des Plantes Usuelles," ii. 282.
[47] Tournefort, "Histoire des Plantes," i. 103.
[48] Garidel, "Histoire des plantes qui naissent aux environs d'Aix," p. 56.
[49] "Pied," that is, vari-coloured, motley-coated.
[50] See also Shelley's "Sensitive Plant," &c.
[51] This is common enough in Germany and France, especially in the vineyards, but very rare in England.
[52] So we say, "fretted roof."
[53] When the spike bears numerous flowers, surrounded by a spathe, or sheathing bract, it is called a spadix.
[54] Bosc, a distinguished naturalist, died in 1828, aged 69. In the ministry of Roland, he accepted the delicate post of administrator of prisons; was proscribed after the terrible events of May 31, 1793; and lay concealed, along with Laréveillière-Lépaux, for several weeks in the forest of Montmorency.
[55] The seeds of the latter are used in the East, where they are more pungent than in our cold climates, instead of pepper. "They are thought to be the cummin alluded to in Scripture, where our Saviour reproved the Pharisees for their singularity in minor things, and their neglect of important duties."