Note 805 — BOOK XXV. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE WILD PLANTS. (continued 2)

Sprengel identifies it with the Alisma Parnassifolium of Linnæus; but as that plant is not found in Greece, Sibthorp suggests the Alisma plantago of Linnæus, the Great water-plantain. It has no medicinal properties, though it was esteemed till very recent times as curative of hydrophobia.