Note E259 — 44.
Reading edition
"Fumetorie," Fr. fume terre, Lat. fumus terræ, earth-smoke, it being believed to be produced without seed from vapours arising from the earth, as stated by Platearius: "Dicitur fumus terræ, quod generatur a quadam fumositate grossâ, a terrâ resolutâ, et circa superficiem terræ adherente." Pliny (lib. xxv. c. 13) says that it takes its name from causing the eyes to water when applied to them, as smoke does;
"Take youre laxatives Of lauriol, centaure, and fumytere." —Chaucer, Nonnes Prestes Tale, 143.
See Burton's Anat. of Melancholy, pp. 432-3 and 438, ed. 1845.