Note 2239 — BOOK XVI. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FOREST TREES.
John Bostock translation
As Fée remarks, Pliny is clearly in error here; one kind being the veritable ilex or holm oak, the other, the aquifolium or holly, quite a different tree.
John Bostock translation
As Fée remarks, Pliny is clearly in error here; one kind being the veritable ilex or holm oak, the other, the aquifolium or holly, quite a different tree.