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1 So called from the Greek βραδύ, "slow," according to some authorities; by reason of the slowness of its growth.
2 Identified by Fée with the Sabina vulgatior of Lobelius, or Juniperus Sabina, variety β, of Lamarck.
3 The Sabina baceifera of J. Bauhin, the male savin, the type of the plant.
4 See Ovid's Fasti, B. i. 1. 341, as to this custom, and Virgil's "Culex," 1. 403.
5 It is still a common notion, though Fée says an ill-founded one, that it produces abortion. Indeed we find Galen stating to the same effect.
6 Fée ridicules this notion with considerable zest.
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