Note 2356 — BOOK XVI. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FOREST TREES.
John Bostock translation
He does not speak in this place of the “ornus” or “mountain ash;” nor, as Fée observes, does he mention the use of the bark of the ash as a febrifuge, or of its leaves as a purgative. This ash is the Fraxinus excelsior of Decandolles.