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21.108 CHAP. 108. (33.)—ONE REMEDY DERIVED FROM THE PESOLUTA.

The Egyptians also cultivate the pesoluta [Note] in their gardens, for chaplets. There are two kinds of this plant, the male and the female: either of them, it is said, placed beneath the person, when in bed, acts as an antaphrodisiac, upon the male sex more particularly.



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