Note 78 — BOOK XXXII.1 REMEDIES DERIVED FROM AQUATIC ANIMALS.
John Bostock translation
In B. ix. c. 72. As Ajasson remarks, it is quite possible that the sting of the Pastinaca might penetrate to the heart of a young tree, and so kill it; but that is no proof of its being poisonous. See also B. ix. cc. 40, 67.