CHAP. 72.—THE LEONTOPETALON OR PARDALION: TWO REMEDIES.
The leontopetalon [Note] is called "pardalion" by some: it has a
leaf like that of the cabbage, and a stem half a foot in height,
with numerous lateral branches, and a seed at the extremities
of them, enclosed in pods like those of the chick-pea. The root
resembles that of rape, and is large and black: it grows in
plough lands. The root, taken in wine, neutralizes the venom
of all kinds of serpents; indeed, there is nothing known that
is more speedily efficacious for that purpose. It is given also
for sciatica.
