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

Note 2509 — BOOK XVI. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FOREST TREES.

John Bostock translation

See B. xv. c. 13. It is not impossible that Pliny may have mistaken here the Persea, or Balanites Ægyptiaca, for the Persica, or peach. See p. 296.

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