Scamonia quidem est sucus cuiusdam volubilis:8 i.e. scammony is the extract of a species of honeysuckle, i.e. a herb which grows to the east of the ocean. It is a species of tithymallus and its efficacy lasts for thirty years, glecio9 i.e. choice. This is the most stable species of it, the species which is variegated as it becomes brighter, and which is very brittle or easily broken.