Note 2563 — BOOK XVI. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FOREST TREES. (continued 2)
John Bostock translation
The Cassia Italica, probably, of B. xii. c. 43. The cassia of the East could not possibly survive in Italy. The fact is, no doubt, that the Romans gave the names of cassia, piper, and amomum, to certain indigenous plants, and then persuaded themselves that they had the genuine plants of the East.