Note 180 — DESCRIPTION OF SPECIES.

In the Roman market the Morell is held in little esteem, and sells for 4d. or 5d. per lb. Three varieties of the esculenta are brought in by the “Asparagarii,” i. e. the peasants who gather the wild Asparagus on the hills; viz. the M. rotunda, which is almost globose, M. vulgaris, and M. fulva, which is of a tawny colour.