Latin Texts & Translations

In Asia and Greece are produced the following shrubs, the epipactis, ^[Note] by some known as "elleborine," the leaves of which are of small size, and when taken in drink, are an antidote against poison; just in the same way that those of the erica ^[Note] are a specific against the sting of the serpent.

(21.) Here is also found another shrub, upon which grows the grain of Cnidos, ^[Note] by some known as "linum;" the name of the shrub itself being thymelæa, ^[Note] while others, again, call it "chamelæa, ^[Note] others pyrosachne, others cnestron, and others cneorum; it bears a strong resemblance to the wild olive, but has a narrow leaf, which has a gummy taste in the mouth. The shrub is of about the size of the myrtle; its seed is of the same colour and appearance, but is solely used for medicinal purposes.