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[18] Sesama, quae rigantur, maturius, quae carent umore, ab aequinoctio autumnali serenda sunt in 1 2 3 4 5 [p. 168] Idus Octobres. Putre solum, quod Campani pullum vocant, plerumque desiderant; non deterius tamen etiam pinguibus harenis vel congesticia humo proveniunt, tantumque seminis quantum milium pani-cumque, interdum etiam duobus sextariis amplius in iugerum spargitur. Sed hoc idem semen Ciliciae Syriaeque regionibus ipse vidi mense Iunio Iulioque conseri et per autumnum, cum permaturuit, tolli.6
1 extercorandum R: editur curandum M.
2 oleo post defricetur add. Schn. ex Catone 116.
3 lentem R aliquot, edd. ante Lundstrōm.
4 ei om. R, edd. ante Schn.
5 tenuius Schn., Lundstrōm: tenui ut SA1: tenue A2R, et vulgo. a Identified by Columella (VI. 17. 7; cf. XII. 7. 4, 59. 4) with laserpitium, laserwort. Pliny (N.H. XIX. 38-46) gives a long account of the history and uses of the plant.
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