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The Natural History of Pliny, Vol. 3

by Pliny the Elder

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Chap. 58 Spondylium

The difference between this kind of giant-fennel and that known as spondylium,602 consists only in the leaf, which is smaller, and divided like that of the plane-tree. It grows in shady places only. The seed bears the same name as the plant, and has a strong resemblance to that of hart-wort: it is only employed in medicine.

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