CHAP. 53.—MARON.
In Egypt, too, grows marum,[1] though of inferior quality
to that of Lydia, which last has larger leaves, covered with
spots. Those of the other are shorter and smaller, and give
out a powerful scent.
1. Generally regarded as identical with the Teucrium Marum of Linnæus,
a sweet-smelling shrub found in the south of Europe and the East, by us
commonly known as "herb mastich," somewhat similar to marjoram.
Fée says that the marum of Egypt is a kind of sage, the Salvia Æthiopis
of Linnæus.