LIBER XXII · CAPUT 15
THE SCORPIO, TWO KINDS OF IT: ONE REMEDY
Latine · Mayhoff 1906
Ex argumento nomen accepit scorpio herba. semen enim habet ad similitudinem caudae scorpionis, folia pauca. valet adversus animal nominis sui. est et 5 alia eiusdem nominis effectusque, sine foliis, asparagi caule, in cacumine aculeum habens et inde nomen.
English · Bostock & Riley 1855–57
The scorpio has received its appellation from the animal of that name, in consequence of the resemblance of its seeds to a scorpion’s tail. The leaves of it are few in number, and it is efficacious for the sting of the animal from which it derives its name. There is also another plant known by the same name, and possessed of similar properties; it is destitute of leaves, has a stem like that of asparagus, and a sharp point at the top, to which it owes its appellation.