Note 2646 — BOOK XXII. THE PROPERTIES OF PLANTS AND FRUITS.
John Bostock translation
Though Hardouin attempts to defend him, it is more than probable that it is Pliny himself who is in error here; and that he has confounded the plant Buprestis with the insect of that name, which belongs to the class of Cantharides, and received its name (burn-cow) from its fatal effects when eaten by cattle.