Note 2537 — I.—PHÆNOGAMOUS OR FLOWERING PLANTS. (continued 20)
Reading edition
This was possibly alluded to by Albertus Magnus (a.d. 1193-1280), who says:—(Calamus aromaticus)—nascitur in India et Ethiopia sub cancro, et habet interius ex parte concava “pellem subtilem, sicut telæ sunt aranearum.”—De Vegetabilibus, Jessen’s ed. 1867. 376. We suppose the drug under notice was intended.