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CHAP. 51.—THE ANTHYLLION; TWO REMEDIES THE ANTHYLLIS: TWO REMEDIES.

The anthyllion1 is a plant very like the lentil. Taken in wine, it is remedial for diseases of the bladder, and arrests hæmorrhage. Another variety of it is the anthyllis, a plant resembling the chamæpitys,2 with a purple flower, a powerful smell, and a root like that of endive.

1 See B. xxi. c. 103.

2 See B. xxi. c. 103.

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