Note 57 — PART THE FIRST.
Reading edition
Myrica Gale. Goule, Sweet Willow, or Dutch Myrtle. Hudson’s Fl. Angl. p. 368. Linn. System. Natur. Vol. III. p. 651. A plant of peculiar fragrance, found in the North of England, Brabant, and other Northern countries. Simon de Molingriis was the first who opposed this opinion of Simon Paulli, by shewing the difference betwixt this species of myrtle and the oriental Tea. See also Wilh. Leyl. epist. apud Sim. Paulli comment. &c.