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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 5 (of 6)

Note 796 — BOOK XXV. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE WILD PLANTS.

John Bostock translation

Fée identifies these two kinds with the Phlomis fruticosa of Linnæus; Sprengel and Desfontaines consider the second kind to be the Phlomis Italica of Smith; on insufficient grounds, Fée thinks. Littré mentions the Sideritis Romana and S. elegans of Linnæus.

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