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

Note 1814 — BOOK XXVII. A DESCRIPTION OF PLANTS, AND OF THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THEM.

John Bostock translation

He is in error here, as the word “melamprasion” means “black horehound.” “Black leek” would be “melamprason.”

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