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

Note 229 — BOOK XXIV. THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE FOREST TREES.

John Bostock translation

Identified by Fée with the Coriaria myrtifolia of Linnæus, or myrtle-leaved sumach. It is used in the preparation of leather, Fée says, and is intensely poisonous.

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