I.balm-gentle, balm (also called apiastrum): “trita melis phylla, et cerinthae ignobile gramen,” Verg. G. 4, 63; Plin. 20, 11, 45, § 116; 21, 20, 86, § 149.
mĕlisphyllum and mĕlisso-phyllon , i, n., = μελίφυλλον and μελισσόφυλλον (honey-leaf, bee-leaf), an herb of which bees are fond,