To this plant we may also annex an account of the cynoglossos,685 the leaf of which resembles a dog’s tongue, and which produces so pleasing an effect686 in ornamental gardening. The root, it is said, of the kind which bears three687 stems surmounted with seed, is very useful, taken in water, for tertian, and of that with four stems, for quartan, fevers.
There is another plant688 very similar to it, which bears diminutive burrs resembling those of the lappa:689 the root of it, taken in water, is curative of wounds inflicted by frogs690 or serpents.