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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4 (of 6)

Note 1660 — BOOK XX. REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE GARDEN PLANTS. (continued 2)

John Bostock translation

The Glaucium Corniculatum of Persoon; the horned poppy, or glaucium. This, Fée remarks, is not a poppy in reality, but a species of the genus Chelidonium. The juice is an irritating poison, and the seed is said to act as an emetic.

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