CHAP. 39.—THE ERICA; ONE REMEDY.
The Greeks give the name of "erice,"[1] to a shrub that is but
little different from the myrice.[2] It has the colour, and very
nearly the leaf, of rosemary. It neutralizes[3] the venom of
serpents, it is said.
1. Probably the Erica arborea of Linnæus; see B. xiii. c. 35. It has
not, however, a leaf similar to that of rosemary, with the sole exception,
Fée says, of the Erica cinerea of Linnæus.
2. See B. xiii. c. 37.
3. It has no such effect, in reality.