The text of Cambridge 23r matches with Plut. 73.16 97v: it says that Verbascum grows in sandy places and that Mercury gave this plant to Ulysses.
PS: curiously, it seems that "barbascum" might have been the original Latin form (bearded plant) from which Verbascum derived. And the plant doesn't look much like a cactus. Maybe in this case the illustrator corrected the image?
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PS: curiously, it seems that "barbascum" might have been the original Latin form (bearded plant) from which Verbascum derived. And the plant doesn't look much like a cactus. Maybe in this case the illustrator corrected the image?
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