CHAP. 13. (11.)—THE STŒBE OR PHEOS.
The stœbe,[1] by some persons known as the "pheos," boiled
in wine, is particularly good for the cure of suppurations of the
ears, and for extravasations of blood in the eyes from the effects
of a blow. It is employed also in injections for hæmorrhage
and dysentery.
1. The synonym of this plant is probably unknown. Dalechamps identifies it with the Sagittaria sagittifolia, C. Bauhin with the Centaurea calcitrapa, and Clusius, Belli, and Sprengel, with the Poterium spinosum.
None of these plants, however, are prickly and aquatic, characteristics, according to Theophrastus, of the Stœbe: Hist. Plant. B. iv. c. 11. Fée
considers its identification next to impossible.