Note 422 — BOOK XXIV. THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE FOREST TREES. (continued 2)
John Bostock translation
It is pretty clear that in relating this absurdity he is not speaking of one plant solely, but of any plant which may chance to grow on the head of a statue. Numerous mosses grow upon marble; and statues are gradually covered, Fée says, with the Byssus antiquitatis.