Naturalis historia 12.5.21

12.5.21

Est ibi et spina similis, sed deprehensa vel lucernis igni protinus transiliente.
Nunc eas exponemus, quas mirata est Alexandri Magni victoria orbe eo patefacto.

CHAP. 10. (5.)—THE INDIAN THORN. There is in India, also, a kind of thorn very similar to ebony, though it may be distinguished from it, by the aid of a lantern even; for, on the application of flame, it will instantly run across the tree. We will now proceed to describe those trees which were the admiration of Alexander the Great in his victorious career, when that part of the world was first revealed by his arms.