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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 3 (of 6)

Note 479 — BOOK XII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF TREES.

John Bostock translation

There is little doubt that the Hedysarum Alhagi of Linnæus is here meant, from which a kind of honey or manna flows, known as “Eastern” manna, or tereniabin. It is not so high as the fig-tree, and is found in Khorasan, Syria, Mesopotamia, and elsewhere. The manna distils principally in the morning.

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