Note 1707 — BOOK XV. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FRUIT-TREES.
John Bostock translation
See B. xxiii. c. 45, also B. xiii. c. 35. Fée is of opinion, that as no fixed oil can be extracted from the Daphne Cnidium or Daphne Cneorum, Pliny must allude to a medicinal composition, like the oil of wild myrtle, previously mentioned.