I remark, in the first place, that there are some foreign nations which, in obedience to long-established usage, employ certain plants for the embellishment of the person. That, among some barbarous peoples, the females2452 stain the face by means of various plants, there can be little doubt, and among the Daci and the Sarmatæ we find the men even marking2453 their bodies. There is a plant in Gaul, similar to the plantago in appearance, and known there by the name of “glastum:”2454 with it both matrons and girls2455 among the people of Britain are in the habit of staining the body all over, when taking part in the performance of certain sacred rites; rivalling hereby the swarthy hue of the Æthiopians, they go in a state of nature.