Latin Texts & Translations

There are also two ^[Note] varieties of the phlomis, hairy plants,

with rounded leaves, and but little elevated above the surface of the earth. A third kind, again, is known as the "lychnitis" ^[Note] by some persons, and as the "thryallis" by others: it has three leaves only, or four at the very utmost, thick and unctuous, and well adapted for making wicks for lamps. The leaves of the phlomos which we have mentioned as the female plant, if wrapped about figs, will preserve them most efficiently from decay, it is said. It seems little better than a loss of time to give the distinguishing characteristics of these three ^[Note] kinds, the effects of them all being precisely the same.

For injuries inflicted by scorpions, an infusion of the root is taken, with rue, in water. Its bitterness is intense, but it is quite as efficacious as the plants already mentioned.