CHAP. 88.—THE LONCHITIS : FOUR REMEDIES.
The lonchitis [Note] is not, as most writers have imagined, the
same plant as the xiphion [Note] or phasganion, although the seed
of it does bear a resemblance to the point of a spear. The
lonchitis, in fact, has leaves like those of the leek, of a reddish colour near the root, and more numerous there than on the
upper part of the stem. It bears diminutive heads, which are
very similar to our masks of comedy, and from which a small
tongue protrudes: [Note] the roots of it are remarkably long. It
grows in thirsty, arid soils.
