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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 5 (of 6)

Note 427 — BOOK XXIV. THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE FOREST TREES. (continued 2)

John Bostock translation

The “impious” or “unnatural” plant. Fée identifies it with the Filago Gallica of Linnæus, the corn cudweed. It is destitute of medicinal properties, and what Pliny states is without foundation.

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