Note 3294 — BOOK XXXVII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF PRECIOUS STONES. (continued 2)
John Bostock translation
“Two-formed,” or “of a double nature.” A grand acquisition, as Ajasson remarks, for the worshippers of Priapus. See a similar characteristic in the Eryngium, our Eringo, B. xxii. c. 9: also Mandragora, B. xxv. c. 94, Note 877.