CHAP. 38. (22.)—THE EUONYMOS.
There is no tree productive of a more auspicious presage
than one which grows in the Isle of Lesbos, and is known by
the name of euonymos. [Note] It bears some resemblance to the
pomegranate tree, the leaf being in size between the leaf of
that and the leaf of the laurel, while in shape and softness it
resembles that of the pomegranate tree: it has a white blossom, [Note] by which it immediately gives us notice of its dangerous
properties. [Note] It bears a pod [Note] very similar to that of sesame,
within which there is a grain of quadrangular shape, of coarse
make and poisonous to animals. The leaf, too, has the same
noxious effects; sometimes, however, a speedy alvine discharge
is found to give relief on such occasions.
