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1 Identified by Desfontaines with the Senecio Jacobæa of Linnæus, Common ragwort. Fée identifies it with the Senecio vilgaris of Linnæus our Groundsel. They are both destitute of medicinal properties.
2 See B. xxiv. c. 80.
3 "῎εαρι γέρων, "aged," or "hoary in spring."
4 "Spinæ." He probably uses a wrong term, and means "thistle."
5 It may possibly have been so called from the Acanthis, or goldfinch, that bird being fond of groundsel.
6 "Thistle-down." If Pliny is speaking of groundsel, he is wrong in his assertion that it turns white, or in other words, goes to seed, in spring.
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