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

Note 2525 — BOOK XXII. THE PROPERTIES OF PLANTS AND FRUITS.

John Bostock translation

See B. xxvii. c. 66. It is identified by Fée with the Carduus stellatus or Centaurea calcitrapa of Linnæus, the common star-thistle.

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