You know the plant.

When it fades--and I ask whether you think Philostratus looks like a bud--when it fades, it leaves a hollow spiral ball which a child's breath could blow away.
Suppose in future we should call the round buttercup seed-vessels 'Philostratus heads'?
You like the suggestion?
I am glad, fellow-citizens, and I thank you.

It proves your good taste.

Then we will stick to the comparison.

Every head contains a tongue, and Philostratus says that his is the tool which supports him." "Hear the money-bag, the despiser of the people!" interrupted Philostratus furiously.