BOOK XXIII. Lxxxiii. i66 



jaundice. Castor gave the name of ruscum " to 

 the oxymvrsine, having leaves which are a myrtle's 

 but prickly, from which in the country they make 

 brooms ; its medicinal properties are the same. So 

 much for the medicines derived from cuUivated trees 

 of our cities ; let me pass on to the wild ones of the 

 woods. 



* Butcher'8 broom. 



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