[1]: ¹ τὰ ins. Sch., om. Ald.H.
[2]: ² πάθη, a more general word than δυνάμεις, ‘virtues’ : cf. 1. 5. 4; 8. 4. 2; it seems to mean here something like ‘behaviour,᾿ in relation to environment. Instances of πάθη are given 4 2.11; 4. 14. 6.
[3]: 3 ἔχουσι conj. H.; ἔχουσαι W. with Ald.
[4]: ¹ i.e. the male inflorescence of some trees ; the term is of course wider than ‘catkin.᾿
[5]: 2 i.e. flower, catkin, leaf, fruit, shoot.
[6]: ¹ εὐθενεῖ conj. Sch., εὐθετεῖ UMVAld. i.e. we do not argue from the fact that animals are at their handsomest in the breeding season that the young is therefore ‘part’ of the animal.
[7]: ² Lit. ‘which’ are in holes,᾿ in allusion to the well-known belief that animals (especially birds) which are out of sight in the winter are hiding in holes; the text is supported by [Arist.] de plantis 1. 3, the author of which had evidently read this passage; but possibly some such words as τάς τε φολίδας καὶ have dropped out after φωλεύοντα.
[8]: ¹ A very obscure sentence; so W. renders the MSS, text.
[9]: 2 i.e. ‘inequality’ might include ‘unlikeness.’
[10]: ¹ cf. C.P. 5. 1. 9.
[11]: 2 cf. 1. 6. 11. T. extends the term καρπός so as to include any succulent edible part of a plant.
[12]: 3 T. does not consider that καρπός was necessarily anteceded by a flower.
[13]: ¹ i.e. before it begins to divide. ² Or ‘knots.’
[14]: 3 εφ᾿ conj. W.; ὑφ᾿ P2 P3 Ald.
[15]: 4 χρονιώτερα conj. Sch.; χρονιώτερον Ald.H
[16]: 5 ἀναλογίᾳ conj. Sch.; ἀναλογία UAld.H.
[17]: ¹ There is no exact English equivalent for ὁμοιομερέs, which denotes a whole composed of parts, each of which is, as it were, a miniature of the whole. cf. Arist. H.A. 1. 1.
[18]: ² i.e. any part taken of flesh or bone may be called ' flesh’ or ‘bone.’
[19]: 3 e.q. bark ; cf. 1. 2. 1. ⁴ e.q. fruit.
[20]: 1 οὐσία conj. Sch. (but he retracted it); συνουσία MSS (?) Ald.
[21]: 2 This definition is quoted by Hesych. s.υ. μίσ χος.
[22]: 3 ? om. ἕλιξ, which is mentioned below.
[23]: 4 τὸ συγκείμενον σπέρμα, lit. ‘the compound seed,’ i.e. as many seeds as are contained in one περικάρπιον.
[24]: ¹ Lit. ‘muscles and veins.’
[25]: 2 i.e. the analogy with animals is probably imperfect, but is useful so far as it goes.
[26]: 3 1. 1. 10. 4 e.g. the root, as such.
[27]: 5 e.g the different forms which roots assume.
[28]: ¹ πλείστοις conj. Mold.; πρώτοις Ald.H. ² 1. 1. 3.
[29]: 3 ἀλαράβλαστον conj. R.Const.; ἀπαράβλητον UMV Αld.
[30]: ⁴ ἔτι δὲ conj. W.; ἔχον Ald. 5 Fibre.
[31]: 6 i.e. can be split in one direction.
[32]: e.q. an unripe walnut.
[33]: ¹ φοελλοῦ conj. H.; φύλλον UVP2P3Ald.; φυλλωοῦ M.
[34]: ² i. e. root, stem, branch, twig: cf. 1. 1. 9.
[35]: 3 σαφεστέραν conj. W.; σαφέστερον Ald.
[36]: 4 εἴδη here ═ γένη; cf. 6. 1. 2. n.
[37]: 5 πάντ᾿ ἢ conj. Sch. after G; πάντη UMV Ald.
[38]: ¹ θάμνος . . . πήγανον. W. ’S text transposes, without alteration, the definitions of θάμνος and φρύγανον as given in U. φρύγανον δὲ τὸ ὰπὸ ῥίζης καὶ πολυστέλεχες καὶ πολύκλαδον οἷον βάτος παλίουρος, Ald. So also M, but with a lacuna marked before φρύγανον and a note that the definition of θάμνος is wanting. φρύγανον δὲ τὸ ἀπὸ ῥίζης καὶ πολυστέλεχες καὶ πολύκλαδον οἷον καὶ γάμβοη καὶ πήγανον. θάμνος δὲ ἀπὸ ῥίξης πολύκλαδον οἷον βάτος παλίουρος U. So also very nearly P1P2. G gives to θάμνος (frutex) the definition assigned in U to φρύγανον (suffrutex) and the other definition is wanting.
[39]: ¹ i.e. so that the tree comes to look like a shrub from the growth of fresh shoots after cutting. cf. 2 6. 12: 2. 7. 2.
[40]: 2 ῥάφανος conj. Bod. from G ; ῥαφανὶς Ald.
[41]: ³ cf. 3. 2 2. The Ionian philosopher. See Zeller, PreSocratie Philosophy (Eng. trane.), 1. 281 f.
[42]: 4 καὶ add W.; so G.
[43]: 5 ἢ conj. Sch.; καὶ UAld.Cam.Bas.H.
[44]: ¹ ἀνθόφορα καὶ ἀνανθῆ conj. Sch. from G ; καρποφόρα ἄνθη P2AId. 2 cf. 1. 9. 5; Plin. 16. 81.
[45]: ³ τοιαῦτα conj. W,: διαιρετέον conj Sch.; τοῖς αὐτοῖς αἱρετέον Ald. The sense seems to be : Though these 'secondary’ distinctions are not entirely satisfactory, yet (if we look to the causes of different characters), they are indispensable. since they are due to causes which affect all the four classes of our 'primary’ distinction.
[46]: ⁴ i.e, we must take the extreme cases.
[47]: 5 i.e. plants which entirely refuse cultivation.
[48]: ¹ κατ᾿ αὐτὰς τὰς conj. Sch. ; καὶ τά τ᾿ αὐτὰς τὰς U; κατὸ ταύτας τὰς MV Ald.
[49]: ² πάντων . . . τόπους, text perhaps defective.
[50]: ³ i.e. as to locality. 4 cf. 4. 7. 1.
[51]: ¹ θέλοι conj. Sch.; θέλει Ald. H.
[52]: 2 εὕροι conj. Sch.; εὕρη Ald.; εὕρῃ H.
[53]: ³ Presumably as being sometimes found on the shore below high-water mark.
[54]: ⁴ ἅπαντα . . . ζῶα. This passage seems not to belong here (W.).
[55]: 5 τρόποι conj. Sch. ; τόποι UMV Ald.
[56]: ¹ i.e. taking account of differences in qualities, etc. See § 4, but the order in which the three kinds of ‘differences’ are discussed is not that which is here given; the second is taken first and resumed at 6. 1, the third begins at 5. 4, the first at 14. 4.
[57]: 2 ταὐτὸ conj. Sch.; αὐτὸ UMVP Ald.
[58]: ³ τραχυφλοιότερα conj. H. from G ; παχυφ. UMAld. cf. Plin. 16 126.
[59]: ¹ ῥάμνου conj. W.; θάμνου F2; βαλάνου Ald. H.
[60]: ² κωνοίου conj Sch.; κωνίου Ald. U (corrected to κωνείου). cf. 7. 6. 4.
[61]: 3 ἄϊνα conj Sch from G.; δὲ βῖνα U; δὲ μανά Ald.; δὲ . . . να M.
[62]: ⁴ ὑλήματα conj. Sch. (a general berm including shrubs, under-shrubs, etc. cf. 1. 6. 7; 1. 10. 6); κλήματα, Ald.
[63]: ¹ i.e. break across the grain. εὔθραυστα mP; ἄθραυστα UP Ald.; fragilis G. cf. 5. 5, Plin 16. 186.
[64]: ² ἄοζα conj. Palm. from G ; λοξά UP AId.
[65]: ³ i.e. across the grain. ⁴ cf. 5 6. 2. 5. cf. 5. 1. 4.
[66]: 6 T. appears not to agree as to elder : see below.
[67]: ¹ μανότεραι . . . οὔ : text can hardly be sound, but sense is clear. ² i.e. homogeneous. ³ Plin. 16. 127.
[68]: ⁴ 3. 6. 4 seems to give a different account.
[69]: 5. cf. C. P. 3. 23. 5, and καρκινώδης C. P. 1. 12. 3; 3. 21. 5.
[70]: ¹ πέζις κεραύνιον : πύξος κρανίον UMV Ald.; πέζις conj Sch. from Athen. 2. 59: κεραύνιον conj. W. cf. Plin. 3. 36 and 37, Juv. 5. 117. ² εἰκαζούσαις : word corrupt; so UMV Ald.
[71]: 3 Plin. 19. 98.
[72]: ¹ The same term being applied to ‘herbaceous’ plants in general. ² Plin. 19. 98.
[73]: ¹ τὰς conj. Sch.; τῆς Ald. H.; τήν. . . ἀποπεφυκυῖαν P.
[74]: ² ἀλλ᾿ ἀλλοῖον ἔχουσι conj. St.; ἀλλὰ λεῖον ἔχοντες PMV Ald.; ἀλλοῖον ἐχ. m Bas. mP from G; ἀλλ᾿ ἀλλοῖον ἔχουσαι conj. Scal. 3 cf. 4. 10. 5.
[75]: 4 καὶ ἀεὶ Ald. : ἀεὶ καὶ conj. W. 5 Plin. 19. 99.
[76]: 6 cf. the definition of ‘root,’ 1. 1. 9.
[77]: 7 ἐγγεότοκα λέγοντες conj. W.; cf. ἡ τῶν ἐγ εοτόκων τούτων γένεσις in Athenaeus’ citation of this paseage 2. 60) ;
[78]: ¹ βάθους conj. Sch.; βάθος Ald.
[79]: 2 καὶ ὃ W. after U ; καὶ om. Ald.; G omits also τὸ before οὔϊγγον, making the three plants synonymous. The passage is cited by Athen., l.c., with considerable variation.
[80]: ³ τοιαύτην conj. St.; τοσαύτην MSS.
[81]: ⁴ i.e. the fleshy root (tuber, etc.).
[82]: ³ i.e. the fibrous root (root proper).
[83]: ¹ οὔϊγγον mBas. H.; οὔϊον MV; ουϊτον Ald.; cf. 1. 1. 7; Plin. 21. 88 (oetum).
[84]: ² μεγάλα: text doubtful (W.).
[85]: ³ διαφέρει: text doubtful (Sch.).
[86]: 4 στρέφοντες τὰς βώλους conj. Coraes; στέφοντες βωμούς UM VAld. 5 ἐν ins. Sch.
[87]: ¹ ταῦτα before μέγαλα om. W.
[88]: ² ἡμερωμάτων conj. Sch.; ἡμερωτάτων UP2Ald.: cf. C. P. 5. 6. 8.
[89]: ³ ὁπουοῦν MSS.; ὁποσονοῦν conj. W. from G, in quantum libeat. 4 ἐπειδὰν conj. Sch.; ἐπεὶ κἂν UMVPAld.
[90]: 5 Quoted by Varro, 1. 37. 5.
[91]: 6 conj. Sch.; παρὰ P2; περὶ Ald.
[92]: 7 συμφθίνουσι: συμφωνοῦσι conj. St.
[93]: ¹ τι conj. W.: τις MSS. ² Plin. 21. 104.
[94]: 3 cf. 8. 11. 8; Plin. 18. 133 and 134.
[95]: 4 διείρει conj. Sch.; διαιρεῖ P2Ald.; C. P. 2. 17. 7.
[96]: 5 ὔζος is the knot and the bough starting from it: cf. Arist. de iuv et sen. 3.
[97]: 6 ἐπὶ τῶν conj. Coraes; ἡ τῶν UM; ἦττον (erased) P (ἐκ τῶν marg.) ῆττον Ald.
[98]: 1 Plin. 16. 125. ² 1. 8. 1.
[99]: 3 ταιόζωτα conj. W.; ἀξιολογώτατα Ald.; cf. ταξίφυλλος, 1. 10. 8. 4 Plin. 16. 122.
[100]: ¹ cf. 4. 4. 12. ² Plin. 16. 122.
[101]: 3 i.e. primary and secondary branches.
[102]: 4 cf. 5. 2. 2. 5 Plin. 16. 124.
[103]: 5 cf. Arist. de iuv. et sen. 3; Plin. 16. 125.
[104]: 7 ὅταν. . . πηρωθῇ conj. W.; ἢ ὅταν ἡ μὴ λυθῇ καὶ ἐκβιάζηται καὶ ἡ ἀποκοπὴ καί U; ὅταν ἢ μὴ λυθῇ καὶ ἐκβιάζηται ἢ ἀποκοπῇ P; ἢ ὅταν λυθῇ κοὶ ἐκβιάζηται ἢ ἀποκοπὴ καὶ οἱ οὐ P2; ὅταν ἢ μή λυθῇ καὶ ἐκβιάζηται καὶ ἢ ἀποκοπῇ καὶ Ald. H.; G differs widely.
[105]: ¹ The opening of the description of the diseases of trees seems to have been lost. 2 κράδι; cf. C. P. 5. 1. 3.
[106]: ³ πάντως. . . γίνεται conj. W.; πάντως δὲ ὁ πρὸς τῇ γῇ καὶ οἷον τ. κ. στ. ἀπογηράσκων τῶν παχυτέρων γίνεται Ald.; so U except παχύτερον, and M except παχύτερος.
[107]: 4 πόγγρους: cf. Hesych., s.υυ. γόγγρος, κροτόνη.
[108]: 5 The word is otherwise unknown.
[109]: 6 ἧττον· ἡ δὲ ἐλάα conj. W.; ἧττον· ἡ δὲ φοῖνιξ πάραβλασητικέν· ἡ δὲ ἐλαα U; so Ald. except παραβλαστικόν. The
[110]: ¹ οὗν marked as doubtful in U. ² 1. 3. 2.
[111]: ³ καὶ τὸ αὐτὸ κάλλιστον. The first part of the sentence to which these words belong is apparently lost (W.).
[112]: ⁴ i.e. the fir and other trees mentioned in the lost words.
[113]: 5 Plin. 16. 80.
[114]: 6 μίλος conj. Sch.; σμίλαξ P2Aid.; cf. 3. 3. 3.
[115]: 1 Plin. 16. 80.
[116]: ² Some words probably missing (W.) which would explain the next two clauses. 3 Plin. 16 82. ⁴ 1. 3. 5.
[117]: 5 Plin. 12. 11; Varro, 1. 7.
[118]: 1 Plin. 16. 82 and 83.
[119]: 1 Plin. 16. 85.
[120]: 2 καὶ τοῦ κιττοῦ καὶ τοῦ MSS. cf. Plin. l.c ; Diosc. 4. 164. καὶ τοῦ κικίου τοῦ καὶ conj. W.: Galen, Lex. Hipp., gives κίκιον as a name for the root of κρότων. cf. C. P. 2. 16. 4.
[121]: ³ i.e. not ‘entire.’ ‘Young leaves’ = cleaves of the young tree.
[122]: 4 This seems to contradict what has just been said.
[123]: τὰ ἄρθρα add. Sch. from Plin. 16. 88, incisuras. cf. Arist H.A. 1. 15, where Plin. (11. 274) renders ἄρθρα incisuras.
[124]: ¹ cf. 1. 8. 3; 1. 10. 8; Plin. 16. 92.
[125]: 2 ἐκ θατέρου δ᾿ εἰς conj. Sch. from G ; δὲ ἐκ θατέρου εἰς with stop at ἰνῶν Ald. ³ δι᾿ οὗ Ι conj.; δ᾿ ὦν U.
[126]: 4 ἀκανθόφυλλα conj. W.; σπανόφυλλα UM Ald.; ἀνόφυλλα P2; cf. 3. 9. 5, whence Sch. conj. τριχόφυλλα: Plin. l.c. has capillata pino cedro.
[127]: 5 μηλέα probably corrupt; omitted by Plin. l.c.
[128]: 1 Plin. l.c. and 13. 30. ² οὗ ἐν conj. W.: ὅθεν Ald. H.
[129]: ² παρακανθίζοντα conj. Sch.; παραγωνίζοντα UMV Ald.
[130]: ⁴ τὰ δὲ σχιστὰ add. W.
[131]: 1 Plin. 16. 91. ² ἐπὶ conj. W.; ἡ Ald. H.
[132]: ³ ἐνίων. . . εἰκός. So Sch. explains: text probably defective.
[133]: ¹ τῶν ἄλλων ἦν MSS.; τῶν ποιωδῶν conj. W. ἦν, at all events, cannot be right. ² Plin. 19. 100.
[134]: 3 ἢ στενότητι ἢ κοιλότητι : so G ; ἢ κοιλότητι ἢ στενότητι MSS. ⁴ i. e. petiolate. 5 i. e. sessile.
[135]: 6 i. e. compound: εἰ δὴ conj. W.; εἴδη UMV Ald.
[136]: 7 The passage from here to the end of the chapter is a digression.
[137]: ¹ τὰ U; τὸ Ald.
[138]: ² τὰ δ᾿ ἐκ σαρκὸς preserved only in mBas.; om. UMVP2 Sch. reads τὸ.
[139]: ³ ἄρων conj. W.; αἰρῶν MSS. ⁴ i. e. rind.
[140]: 5 Plin. 18. 53. 6 οὐ conj. Sch.; οὖν Ald. H.
[141]: ¹ μηκωνικὰ . . . τὸ γὰρ conj. W. from G; μήκωνι· κατὰ γὰρ UMV Ald.
[142]: ² κορίαννον ἄννησον conj. Sch.; κοριάννησον UM Ald.; κοράννησωον V ; cf. Plin. 19. 119.
[143]: ³ ἢ κελύφεσιν conj. Sch., cf. C. P. 4. 1. 2; ἡ δὲ κύμασιν U; Plin. 15. 112, crusta teguntur glandes. 4 PIin. 15. 113.
[144]: ¹ στοιχηδόν conj. W.; σχεδὸν Ald.
[145]: ² ἐνί τινι conj. Sch.; ἐν τινι Ald. ³ cf. Plin. 15. 15.
[146]: ⁴ αὕτη conj. Sch.; αὐτὴ Ald. 5 τὸ conj. W.; τῷ Ald.
[147]: ¹ i. e. of the pulp. ³ τούτῳ conj. Sch.; τοῦτο Ald.
[148]: ³ τὸν om. St.: i. e. the seeds are arranged in compartments of the pulp.
[149]: ¹ cf. C. P. 6. 6. 4.
[150]: ² T, is said to have written a treatise περὶ χυμῶν.
[151]: 3 ὀπώδης. ὀπός is used specially of the juice of the fig itself.
[152]: 4 μήκωνος probably corrupt: it should be a tree.
[153]: ¹ i. e. the pulp. ² i. e. the flavour.
[154]: ³ Sense: Every tree has a characteristic juice of its own, which is however specially recognisable in its fruit ; in the tree as a whole its character is not always apparent. Hence the importance of the flavour (which is seen in the fruit. pulp), since it is this which determines the specific character,
[155]: 1 i. e. petaloid.
[156]: ² ἀγρίων Ald.; αἰτίων U; ἀντιῶν MV; ποντίων conj. W.
[157]: ³ i. e. corolla and stamens, etc.
[158]: 4 i. e. are gamopetalous (or gamosepalous).
[159]: ¹ cf. 3. 16. 4. ² Lacuna in text; ἀνθῶν I conj.
[160]: ³ τάχα Ald.; τινα W. after Sch. conj.
[161]: 4 ἄποισ conj. Bod.; ἄγνος Ald. H.
[162]: 5 i. e. composites.
[163]: 6 σπερμάτων conj. Dalec. from G ; στομάτων Ald.
[164]: 7 ἄκανος conj W.; ἄκαρος UV.
[165]: 8 ἀκανώδη conj. W.; ἀνθώδη Ald. H. cf. 1. 10. 6; 6. 4. 4.
[166]: ¹ i. e. the pistil.
[167]: 2 i. e. as seen from above : καὶ ὅλων . . . ῥόδων describes the corolla, κάτωθεν . . . μυχώδη the undeveloped ovary, including the adherent calyx.
[168]: 3 ῥόδων conj. Bod.; ῥοῶν Ald.
[169]: 4 κάτωθεν . . . μυχώδη I conj.; δ᾿ ἕτεροι δι᾿ ὧν ὡς μικρὸν ὥσπερ ἐκτετραμμένος κότινος ἔχων τὰ χείλη μυχώδη UMV Ald. (except that Ald. has ἄνω for χείλη and ἐκτετραμμένον : so also P, but ἐκτετραμμένος). The sentence explains incidentally why the pomegranate flower was called κύτινος (cf. 2. 6. 12 ; C. P. 1. 14. 4; 2. 9. 3; 2. 9. 9; Diosc. 1. 110; Plin. 23. 110
[170]: ¹ ? i. e. that, like the ‘female’ date-palm, they have no flower.
[171]: ² τοιαῦτα πάντα· ἐκ δὲ τῶν νέων ἐὰν ἄρα τι conj. W, ; τοιαῦτα· πάντα γὰρ ἐκ τῶν ἔνων· ἐὰν δὲ ἄρα τι MSS. 3 cf. 3. 5. 4.
[172]: 4 διφόρων conj. Sch. from G; διαφόρων U Ald.
[173]: 1 Plin. 16. 112.
[174]: 2 τοῦτο conj. Sch.; τούτου UA ld.; τοῦτον M.
[175]: 3 τὰ add. W.; cf. 1. 13. 1.
[176]: ¹ ἔνια φύεται conj. Sch.; ἀναφύεται Ald.
[177]: ¹ τά γε πολλὰ πάνθ᾿ conj. Sch.; ἢ before πάνθ᾿ ins. St.; τά τε πολλὰ πάνθ᾿ Ald.
[178]: 2 εὐαυξεῖς conj. H; αὐξεῖς UMV Ald.
[179]: 3 οὐκ I conj.; οὐδ᾿ MSS.
[180]: ¹ ἐμφυτεῖαι conj. R. Const.; ἐμφυλέαι (with erasures) U; ἐμφθλείαι V; ἐμφυλεῖαι Ald.
[181]: 2 2. 1. 3; cf. C. P. 1. 4. 4 and 6.
[182]: 3 i.e. bulbil. cf. 6. 6. 8; 9. 1. 4; C. P. 1. 4. 6; Plin. 21. 24.
[183]: 4 ἐπὶ conj. W.; ἀπὸ P2Ald.
[184]: 5 δέ τις καὶ Aid,; τις om. W. after Sch.
[185]: ¹ μολεύειν conj. Sch.; μωλύειν MSS.; μοσχεύειν conj. R. Const. (cf. C.P. 1. 2 1). But cf. Hesych. s.v. μολεύειν.
[186]: ² Plin. 16. 141. 3 ἐπὶ conj. W.; τὸ UMV Ald.
[187]: ¹ φύονται conj. W.; φυτευονται Ald. H.; φύεται Vo. cod. Cas.
[188]: ² γλυκέων conj. St.; γλαυκίων UMV Ald.
[189]: 3 cf. Athen. 3. 20 and 23. 4 cf. C. P. 1. 9. 1.
[190]: 5 In Lesbos: cf. 3. 9. 5 6 cf. C.P. 1. 9. 2.
[191]: ¹ i. e. that they should improve from seed.
[192]: ² Whereas wild trees are produced only from seed.
[193]: ³ i. e. improve a degenerate seedling.
[194]: 4 ἁπλῶς: ? om. Sch. 5 cf. C.P. 1. 9. 2.
[195]: ¹ ἔνια ἀπαγριοῦται οἷον conj. W,: ἔνια καὶ ἀπορῇ τε ῥόα UV; ἐ. καὶ ἀπορῇ τὰ ῥόα M; ἐ. καὶ ἀπορρεῖ τὰ ῥόα Ald.
[196]: 2 i. e. cultivation has nothing to do with it.
[197]: 3 2. 2. 7. 4 cf. 3. 3 4. 5 Plin. 17. 242.
[198]: 6 i. e. improve. cf. 2. 2. 6 ad fin.
[199]: 1 περικοπείς conj W.; περισκοπτεῖς U; περικόπτης Ald.
[200]: 2 φαυλίας conj. Salm.; φαύλους U; θάλος Ald. cf. Plin. 16. 244. These olives produced little oil, but were valued for perfumery : see C.P.6.8.3 and 5; de odor., 15.
[201]: 3 οὐ add. Salm.; om. MSS. (?) Ald. H.
[202]: ¹ ἐπὶ conj. Sch.; ἐξ Ald. H.
[203]: ² cf. C.P. 5. 3. 1 and 2; Arist. de gen. an. 4. 4; Hesych. s. v. καπνίας; Schol. ad Ar. Vesp. 151. ³ 2. 2. 7.
[204]: ⁴ εἰκὸς has perhaps dropped out. Sch.
[205]: 5 θρίων conj. R. Const., cf. C.P. 5. 1. 7 and 8; 5. 2. 2; ἐρινεῶν P2,Ald. cf. also Athen. 3. 11.
[206]: ¹ οἰκείους· καὶ I conj.; οἰκειοῦται UMV; οἰκείως Ald. H.; ἐοικότας conj. W. ² εἰ ins. Sch. ³ 2. 3. 1.
[207]: 4 cf. 6. 7. 2; Plin. 19. 176.
[208]: 5 i. e. to prevent the change which cultivated soil induces.
[209]: ¹ νύκτα I conj.; νυκτὶ MSS.
[210]: ² ἐν βολίτῳ conj. Milas. on Geop. 3. 27; ἔμβολον UMV Ald. cf. C.P. 5 6. 11; Col. 2. 10. 15; Plin. 18. 198.
[211]: 3 cf. C.P. 5. 6. 11; Geop 2. 3. 6.
[212]: ⁴ ἀλυπίαν conj. Sch.; δι᾿ ἀλυπίας M; δι᾿ ἀλυπίαν Ald
[213]: ¹ i. e. in the instance given the development of an insect exhibits, not one, but a series of changes from one creature to another.
[214]: ² Whereas the metamorphoses mentioned above are independent of climatic conditions.
[215]: 3 δε conj. W.; τε Ald.
[216]: 4 κάλλιστα conj. W., cf. C.P. 3. 24. 1; τάχιστα MV Ald.; τὰ χίστα U.
[217]: ¹ ἄλλ᾿ ἐὰν . . . τοιούτου. ἐὰν ἢ μὲν σώματος M; so V, but ᾗ; ἢ om. PAld.; χώματος H; κενώματος for σώματος and εὐδιόδου for ἢ καὶ τόπου conj. W χώρας refers to exposure, etc., τόπου (sc. τοιούτου) to quality of soil: so G.
[218]: 2 Plin. 16. 129; Xen. Oec. 19. 3. 2 cf. C.P. 3. 6.
[219]: ¹ ἡ before τῆς om. W. ² τε τὸ conj. W.; τό τε MVP.
[220]: ³ καὶ τῆς ἐλαίας U; ἐλάας MVP; so W.
[221]: 4 Plin. 17, 123. cf. C.P. 3. 12. 1.
[222]: 5 cf. 7. 13. 4; C.P. 5. 6. 10 (where another bulb, σχῖνος, is mentioned as being put to the same use); Athen. 3. 13 Plin. 17. 87.
[223]: ¹ ἐλάαν conj. Bod. (cf. Plin. 17. 88); ῥοιὰν UAld.H.
[224]: ² ἐλάττονι conj. Sch.; ἔλαττον Ald.
[225]: ³ i.e. apples pears plume, etc.
[226]: ¹ i.e. ‘cabbage.’
[227]: ² τοῦτο. . . ὑγρόν: I have inserted δὲ, otherwise retaining the reading of Ald.; τούτου κάτω· τιθέασι δ᾿ ἔνυγρον conj. W. cf. Plin. 13. 36. τὸ ὑγρόν, viz. the cut end.
[228]: ἁλμώδη conj. W.; ἀμμώδη P2Ald.H.
[229]: ¹ cf. 7. 5. 1. Plin. 13. 37.
[230]: 2 συμπαραβάλλουσι conj. Sch. from G; συμwαραλαμβάνουσ. UAld. 4 cf. Plin. 13. 38.
[231]: 1 Plin. 13. 39.
[232]: 2 πρῶτον conj. Sch..; πρῶτος UMVAld.
[233]: ³ πῆχυν conj. R. Coast. from Plin. 13. 45. and G, cf. Diod. 2 53; στάχυν MUVAld.
[234]: ⁴ ἕπτα καὶ εὐπόδους UMV: the words perhaps conceal a
[235]: ¹ ὅμοιος conj. Bod.; δμοίς UMV Ald. 2 cf. § 5.
[236]: ² Plin. 13 38; cf. 4. 2. 7, where the name (κουκιόφορον) of this tree is given.
[237]: 1 Plin. 13. 47.
[238]: 2 κόϊκας conj. Salm. cf. 1. 10. 5, and the probable reading in Plin. l.c.
[239]: 3 συνηρτημένα μέχρι τινὸς εἰς ἕν conj. W,; συνηρτημένας μὲν
[240]: ¹ ἀνάταλιν conj. Sch.; τἀνάπαλιν Ald. cf. C P. 2. 9. 4; Geop. 10. 45; Plin. 17. 84. ² οὖν ins. H.
[241]: 2 δασύνεσθαι: see LS. reff. s.v. δασύς.
[242]: 4 cf. C P. 2. 9. 3.
[243]: 5 εὐβατωτέραν (i.e. ‘more manageable’). The reference is to a method of keeping the tree dwarf (Bod.). Plin. l.c. has
[244]: ¹ Plin. 17. 248. ² Name of tree missing. Sch.
[245]: 3 cf. C.P. 3. 10. 4. ⁴ ταύτῃ conj. W.; ταύτης Ald.
[246]: ¹ Lit. ‘bushy tails,’ i.e. horses asses mules.
[247]: 2 cf. C.P. 3. 16. 3. δεῖ ins. H; so apparently G reed.
[248]: ⁴ δεῖν ὑποκονίειν οὐδ᾿ ὅλως conj. W. (so Sch., but keeping [ἢ] after δεῖν); δεῖν ἡ ὑποκινιεῖν οὐδ᾿ ὅλως UM V; δεῖν ἢ ὑποκονιεῖν ἢ ὅλως Ald. 5 Plin. 17. 253 and 254.
[249]: ¹ The operation being performed at the base of the tree. cf. § 7. 2 ἐκπέττειν conj. R. Const.; εἰσπίττειν UMAld.
[250]: 3 Plin. 17. 252.
[251]: 4 τὸ πανταχόθεν conj. W,; πανταχόθεν τὸ MSS.; so apparently G. cf. C.P. 2. 14. 4.
[252]: 5 πεψαι conj. Sch.; πέμψαι Ald.
[253]: 6 ἐκεῖ κρεμαννυμένων ἐρινῶν I conj.; ἐκεῖ κρεμαννυμένων Ald.: ἐπικρεμαμένων ἐρινῶν conj. W.: but the present partic. is used C.P. 2. 9. 5.
[254]: ¹ cf. 8. 2. 11.
[255]: ² ψυχρότερα καὶ πλείω conj. Sch.; τεχνοτέρα καὶ πλείων MV Ald.; τεχοότερα καὶ πλείω U.
[256]: ³ πρωῒα conj. Sch. from G; πρῶτα Ald.H.
[257]: 4 Plin. 17. 255 and 256.
[258]: ¹ ὁπότ᾿ ἂν . . . πολύς conj. W. from G, cum ropiose fructifcat; ὁπόταν αἰγίπυρος πόλος MSS. adds καὶ before ὁπόταν.
[259]: ² κωρύκους I conj. In 3. 14. 1. the elm is said to bear κωουκίδες which contain gnat-like creatures; these growths are called κωρυκώδη τινα κοῖλα 3. 15. 4; and in 3. 7. 3. the
[260]: ¹ ἐκφύοιτο conj. W.; ἐπιφύοιτο UMVAld.
[261]: 1 cf. 5. 4. 6.
[262]: 2 ‘Katanothra’ (now called ‘the devil’s holes,’see Lawson, cited below); cf. Paus. 8. 14; Catull. 68. 109; Plut. de sera numinis nindicta, 557 c: Plin. 31. 36; Frazer, Pausanias and other Greek Sketches, pp. 315 foll. ; Lawson, Modern Greek Folklore and A ncient Greek Reliqion, p. 85.
[263]: cf. C.P. 1. 5. 2.
[264]: 2 Sc. of Apollonia, the ‘Ionian’philosopher.
[265]: cf. C.P. 1. 10. 3; 3. 23. 1; Arist. Meteor. 2. 9.
[266]: ¹ ἡ δ᾿ . . . ταὐτὸ conj. W.; ἡ δ᾿ ἐπ. τοῦτ᾿ αὖ ἐποίει ταὐτὸ UMV (δ᾿ αὖ marked doubtful in U); ἡ δ᾿ ἐπ. τοῦτ᾿ αὐτὸ ἐποίει Ald. ² Plin. 16. 142.
[267]: 3 i.e. and is released by working the ground.
[268]: 4 cf. C. P. 1. 5. 1; Plin. 16. 143, who gives the date Λ.U.C. 130; cf. 19. 41.
[269]: ¹ εἰ μή . . . ὁμογενῆ conj. W.; εἰ μὴ καὶ πάντα τὰ ᾶλλα καὶ τὰ δμοιογενῆ UMVAld.H.
[270]: 2 cf. C.P. 3. 1. 4. cf. 1. 3. 5 n.
[271]: ⁴ i.e. the terms ‘cultivated’ and ‘wild’ do not denote distinct ‘kinds.’
[272]: ¹ τιθασείαν conj. W., cf. Plat. Pol. 264 o; τιθάσιον UMAld.
[273]: ¹ ἐν . . . Ἰδαῖα conj. W. (after Sch., who conj. τὰ ἐν); τὰ ἐν κρήτῃ τῇ Ἰδίᾳ U Ald.
[274]: 2 i. e. it is not meant that a tree which is ‘special’ to Mount Ida (e.g.) occurs only there.
[275]: 3 περὶ τήν Μακ.? gloss; περί τε τὴν Μακ. MP2Ald.; τι om. P.
[276]: ¹ δ᾿ ἄλλως conj. Sch. from G; δ᾿ αὖ Ald. ² Plin. 16. 77.
[277]: 3 i. e. are not always of the poorest quality. ταῦτ᾿ αὖ τινα conj. W.; ταῦτα ουτῶν Ald. H. ⁴ 1. 9. 3.
[278]: 1 2. 2. 10.
[279]: 2 cf. 2. It appears that the buds of the poplar were mistaken for fruit (Sch.); cf. Diosc. 1. 81. Later writers perpetuated the error by calling them κόκκοι.
[280]: 3 τοῦ ἐν τῇ Ἴδῃ conj. Sch.; τοῦ ἐν τῷ Ἴδῃ U; τοῦ ἐν τῇ Ἴδης MV; ἐν τῇ Ἴδῃ Ald.H.
[281]: ¹ χώρᾳ καὶ Ald.; ἢ καὶ conj. St.
[282]: ² i.e the ‘males’ are sterile whether they flower or not. καὶ τούτων τὰ μὲν πολλὰ Ι conj.; τούτων τὰ πολλὰ τὰ μὲν Ald.
[283]: 3 ? i.e. the flowers of the ‘female’ tree.
[284]: ⁴ i.e. (α) in those trees whose ‘male’ form is sterile, whether it bears flowers or not; (b) in those whose ‘male’
[285]: ¹ i.e the male flower, cf. Schol. on Ar. Vesp. 1111. Θεόφραστος κυρίως λέγει κύτταρον τὴν προάνθησιν τῆς πίτυος: but no explanation of such a use of the word suggests itself. cf. 3 3. 8: 4 8. 7.
[286]: 2 ἀρίαν conj. Seh., cf. 3. 4. 2; 3. 16. 3; 3. 17. 1; ὀξύνην ἀγρίαν Ald.
[287]: ¹ See below, n. 4.
[288]: ² τὰ ἀκ. δοκ. καὶ ἀλσ. conj. W.; τὰ ἀκ. καὶ δοκ. καὶ ἀλσ. U MP; τὰ ἀκ. τὰ δοκ. ἀλσ. Ald.
[289]: 3 ὥσπερ apologises for the unusual sense given to ἐνιστ.
[290]: ¹ ἀποδ. καὶ μελία U; ἀποδίδωσι· μελία Ald. Some confusion in text, but sense clear.
[291]: 2 ὀψία: ? ἡ ὀψία W.
[292]: ¹ φίλυρα Ald; φιλυρέα conj. Sch.
[293]: ² τὸν δὲ . . . . ἀνδράχλη Apparently a gloss, W.
[294]: ³ τετραγωνία conj. Sch. (τετρα- omitted after -τερα) : cf. § 2; γωνία MV; γωνίεια U.
[295]: ⁴ τῶν ἀγρίων after πεπάνσειs conj. Sch.; after ἥμερα Ald.
[296]: 5 Plin. 16. 100.
[297]: 1 About June.
[298]: 2 cf. 3.7. 4: 3. 8. 6; Plin. 16. 27.
[299]: ³ ἔγχλωρος conj. Coraes; εὔχλωρος Ald.
[300]: ⁴ διαλείποντα conj. St.; διαλείπουσαι Ald. H.
[301]: ¹ δένδρων conj. R. Const.; καρπῶν Ald.H.
[302]: 2 cf. C. P.1.10. 6; 1.12. 4; 1.13. 3; 1.13. 5; 1.13.10; Plin. 16. 98. cf. C. P. 1. 14. 11. 4 cf. 5.1. 4; Plin.16. 30.
[303]: ¹ εὔθὺς λιπαρὰ conj. Sch.; τις add. W.; εὐθὺς αἱ παρὰ τῆς U.
[304]: 2 φύει conj. W.; φύεται Ald. i.e. catkins. cf. 3. 3. 8.
[305]: 4 πλείω δὴ conj. Sch.; πιώδη UMVAld.; πλείονα U ?.
[306]: 5 cf. 3. 10. 4.
[307]: 6 συμμεμυκότα κατὰ τοῦ μ.: G evidently had a different text; ? συμπεφυκότα W.
[308]: ¹ κατὰ . . . βλαστῶν conj. W.; κατὰ τοὺς τρόπουs (corrected to τόπους) καὶ βλαστούς U: MVP insert τοὺς before βλαστούς.
[309]: 2 ἐκείνου . . . κατὰ conj. W.; ἐκείνου ἡ ἑτέρα σχίζεται τὰ ἴσε καὶ UAld.
[310]: 3 ἄλλων: ? ἐλέας W,; Ι suggest ἄλλων ἐλαῶν.
[311]: ¹ τοῦ ὑπάρχοντος conj. Sch. from G; τῇ ὑπαρχούσῃ Ald.
[312]: ² οὐδ᾿: ? οὐκ W. 3 Plin. 16. 127.
[313]: 4 ἐμβιώσῃ : cf. 3. 6. 5; C.P. 1. 2. 1.
[314]: ¹ σφ. καὶ ὀλίγας conj. W.; σᾳ. κατ᾿ ὀλίγον UMVAld.
[315]: 2 i.e. not very fibrous.
[316]: ³ cf. Hdt. 6. 37, and the proverb πίτυος τρόπον ἐκτρίβεσθα.
[317]: 4 ὅμαλον conj. Scal.; ὅμοιον Ald.
[318]: 5 ἱκανὸν ἵστῳ πλοίου conj, W,; ἢ καὶ ἡλίκον πλεῖον Ald.; sc UH, but with πλοῖον.
[319]: ¹ i.e. and so does not, like other trees under like treat ment, put its strength into these. cf. C.P. 5. 17. 4.
[320]: 2 ἑαυτῶν conj. Sch. from G; αὐτὸν Ald.
[321]: 3 The leaf-gall, cf. 2. 8. 3; 3. 14. 1. For τοῦτο cf. 3. 18. 11; 4. 7. 1. 4 Lat. grossi. cf. C. P. 5. 1. 8.
[322]: 5 τινὰ καρπὸς conj. Sch.; τινὰ ἄκαρπος UAld.
[323]: ¹ πυρῆνος ἐλάας ἰσοφυὲς conj. W.; πυρῆνος ἐλαίᾳ εἰρουφυην UMV; πυρῆνα ἐλαία εἰρουφύην Ald.
[324]: ² περὶ πυρήνιον σκληρότερον Ι conj.; περὶ πυρηνίου σκληρότητα U; περὶ πυρηνίου σκληρότερον Μ; περιπυρηνίου σκληρότερον V Ald. W. prints the reading of U. For πῖλος see Index.
[325]: ¹ Plin. 16. 31. 2 Hes. Ορ. 233.
[326]: 3 Plin. 16. 16. 4 λεκτέον add. Sch.
[327]: ¹ Plin. 16. 16 and 17.
[328]: ² See Index, δρῦς and ἡμερίs. ἡμερίς, lit. ‘cultivated oak.’
[329]: 3 Plin. 16. 20.
[330]: ¹ i.e. at the ‘top’ end; πρὸς: ? ἐν, πρὸς being repeated by mistake.
[331]: 2 ζώων MSS.; ὠῶν conj. Palm. 3 Plin. 16. 22.
[332]: 1 Plin. 16. 26.
[333]: ² φάσκον . . . ῥκίοις conj. Sch. (ῥακίοις Salm.): φάσκος ὅμοιος τῖς βραχχείοις UP2; φάσκον ὁμοίως τῖς βραγχίοις Ald. H. Plin 16. 33, cf. 12. 108; Diosc. 1. 20; Hesych. s.υ. φάσκος.
[334]: ³ τραχὺ conj. W.; βραχὺ UP. ⁴ κορύνης. cf. 3. 5. 1.
[335]: 1 Plin. 16. 23.
[336]: ² τὸ δὲ. . . . τοιαῦτα: this sentence seems out of place, as ἁλίφλοιος was not one of the ‘Macedonian’ oaks mentioned above (Sch.).
[337]: ¹ συγγενῶν conj. R. Const.; ἀγγείων UAld.; ἐγγείων MV m Bas.
[338]: ² γνώριμοι conj. R. Const.; γνώριμος U Ald.H.; γνώριμα conj. W.
[339]: ³ ὀρθότερον conj. R. Const.; ὀξύτερον UMVAld.
[340]: 4 μελαντέρᾳ . . . εὐωδεστέρᾳ conj. W.; μελάντεραι δὲ πίττη καὶ γλυκύτεραι καὶ λεπτότεραι καὶ εὐωδέστεραι UMV; μελαντέρα
[341]: ¹ εὐκτεανωτέρα: εὐκτηδονωτέρα conj. R. Const. cf. 5. 1. 9; but text is supported by Hesych. s.υ. ἰθυκτέανον.
[342]: ² Ι omit καὶ before τὰ κύκλῳ.
[343]: 3 Plin. 16. 44.
[344]: ¹ πικρὰν conj. R. Const. from G; μικρὰν VAld.
[345]: ² καὶ ταύτην μεγάλην πρὸς conj. Sch.; καὶ τὴν μεγ. πρὸς UMV; μεγάλην πρὸς Ald.
[346]: 1 παχύτερον conj. W.; πλατύτερον Ald.
[347]: ² Plin. 16. 48 and 49. ³ For the tense see Intr. p. XX.
[348]: 4 φύλλον, i.e. the leafy shoot. Sch. considers φύλλον to be corrupt, and refers the following description to the cone; W marks a lacuna after φύλλον. Pliny, ι.c., seems to have read φύλλον, but does not render καὶ ἐπ᾿ ἔλαττον . . . κυνέαις. The words καὶ ἐπ᾿ ἔλαττον can hardly be sound as they stand. For the description of the foliage cf. 1. 10. 5.
[349]: ¹ cf. Εur. I. A. 99; Hipp. 1254.
[350]: ² τὰ δ᾿ conj. Scal.; καὶ Ald.
[351]: ³ πεύκης conj. Scal. from G; ἐλάτης Ald.
[352]: ⁴ ἐλάτης conj. Scal. from G; πεύκης Ald.
[353]: ¹ ἐχῖνος being otherwise used of a prickly case, such as that of the chestnut. πλὴν ὰνακ. καὶ λείω conj. W.; πλὴν οὐκ ἀνακάνθωι καὶ λείωι U; πλὴν οὐκ ἐν ἀκάνθῳ ΜVAld.
[354]: 1 cf. 1. 8. 2 (ὀστρυίς), 3. 3. 1; C.P. 5. 12. 9 (ὀστρύη); Plin 13. 117.
[355]: ² μέσης . . . κατατεινουσῶν conj. Sch.; μέσης πλευροειδῶς τεν ἄλλων εὐθειῶν καὶ μεγάλην κατατεινουσῶν Ald. cf. 1. 10. 2; 3. 17. 3.
[356]: ¹ cf. 3. 5. 5. and 6.
[357]: ² διακνιζόμενος: διασχιζόμενος, ‘when split open,’ conj. W.
[358]: ³ cf. 1. 12 4; C. P. 6. 12. 7. 4 3. 3. 1.
[359]: 5 προσαγορεύουσι conj. W. from G; προσαγορεύεται Ald.
[360]: ¹ τετανὸν : cf. 3. 12. 5; 3. 15. 6.
[361]: ² σχίσμαθ᾿ conj. R. Coast. from G; σχίμα᾿ Ald. Cam.; σχήμαθ᾿ Bas., which. W. reads.
[362]: ³ ὅλα: ? ὅλως.
[363]: 4 i.e. do not run back so far.
[364]: 5 πολύϊνα conj. R. Coast.; πολύ· ἰνα δὲ Ald.; πολύ· ἵναα δὲ M.
[365]: ¹ οὐλότερον: ἀνουλότερον W. from Sch.’s conj.; ἄνουλος does not occur elsewhere, and Τ. uses μανός as the opposite of οὖλος.
[366]: ² i.e. instead of considering the leaflet as the unit. For the description cf. 3. 12. 5; 3. 15 4.
[367]: ¹ cf. Plin., l.c., and Index.
[368]: ² μεῖζον δὲ καὶ μανότερον conj. W. from G; μ. δὲ καὶ μανότερα M V U (? μανότερ); μείζων δὲ καὶ μακροτέρα Ald.H.
[369]: 1 The Ιdaeans are evidently responsible for this statement. T. himself (3. 4. 3) says the fruit is inedible.
[370]: ² But (1. 11. 4) only certain varieties of the olive are said to have this character: the next statement seems also inconeistent with 3. 4. 3. Perhaps T. is still reproducing his Idaean authority.
[371]: ¹ παρασήμως τὴν κέδρον U; π. τὸν κέδρον M; Ald. omits the article; παρασημασίᾳ κέδρου conj W.
[372]: ² μήτρν conj. Sch.: μᾶλλον UMVAld. Plin., 16. 198, supports μήτραν: he apparently read μήτραν δ᾿ ἡ μὲν ἀ. ἔχει μᾶλλον
[373]: ¹ ἐλάττω τέ τι conj. W.; ἐλάττω εἰε? UAld.
[374]: ² W. suggests that some words are missing here, as it does not appear to which kind of μεσπίλη the following description belongs; hence various dificulties. See Sch.
[375]: ³ Probably a lacuna in the text. W. thus supplies the sense : he suggests σικυοειδές for σελινοειδές.
[376]: ¹ φύλλα . . . στοιχηδὸν conj. W,; φύλλον δ᾿ ἀμφοῖν τὸ μὲν μίσχον μακρὸν ἰνοειδῆ· πεφ. [δὲ] στοιχηδὸν UMVAld.
[377]: 2 ἀφ᾿ ἑαυτῶν (= ἀπ᾿ ἀλλήλων) conj. Scal.; ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν U : so W,, who however renders inter se.
[378]: ¹ ὅσαπερ μὴ conj. Bod.; ὥσπερ τὰ Ald.; ὅστε τὰ M.
[379]: ² κόμην Ald. Η.; κωορυφὴν conj. Sch.; vertice G.
[380]: ³ Plin. 16. 125: cf. 16. 74; 17. 234.
[381]: 4 παχύτερον: so quoted by Athen. 2. 34; πλατύτερον MSS.
[382]: 1 Which is an ellipse, the segment of a cylinder : so Sch. explains.
[383]: ² ἐκεῖνος : i.e. lower down the trunk, where the spiral is less open. ³ ἐπίτομς : cf. 5. 1. 12.
[384]: ¹ περικεφαλαίας, some pat of a ship’s prow : so Pollux.
[385]: ² καπυρός conj. Sch.; καὶ πυρσός (?); καὶ πυρρός V; καὶ πουρός M. ³ Sc. pith.
[386]: ¹ καταπεπαινόμενος conj. W. ; καὶ πεπ. VAld.
[387]: 2 καὶ . . . βάπτονται Ι conj., following Scal., W., etc., but. keeping closer to U : certain restoration perhaps impossible; καὶ τὰς χεῖρας τελείους ἀναβλάστει δὲ καὶ τὰς κεφαλάς U; χεῖρας δὲ τελείυους· ἀναβλασεῖ MV ; om. G.
[388]: ³ PIin. 16. 174 and 175.
[389]: 1 γλίσχρον conj. St.; αἰσχρόν AId. H. cf. 5. 3. 4.
[390]: ².cf. 5. 5. 2.
[391]: 3 cf. τὸ θυλακῶδες τοῦτο, 3. 7. 3; 2. 8. 3 n.; 9. 1. 2.
[392]: ¹ Part of the description of the flower, and perhaps of the fruit, seems to be missing. Sch.
[393]: ² cf. 4. 8. 1 ; but in 1. 4. 3 the alder is classed with ‘am phibious’ trees, and in 3. 3. 1 with ‘trees of the plain.’
[394]: ³ Betulam, G from Plin. 16. 74.
[395]: ¹ cf C.P. 2. 12. 6. ² cf. Geop. 10. 68.
[396]: ³ λεῖον conj. W.; πλέον UMVAld.
[397]: ¹ πλείω : sc. φύλλα, in loose apposition to φύλλον. Apparently the leaf is said to resemble that of οίη in its compo· site structure, but that of the bay in shape: cf. 3. 12. 7.
[398]: ² ἂπαν ἅμα conj. W.: ἅμα ἅπαν UAld.
[399]: ³ cf. 2. 8. 3: 3. 7. 3: 3. 14. 1. κωρυκώδη conj. R. Coast.: κορυώδη Ald.; κωουώδη H.; καρυώδη mBas.
[400]: ¹ Ouoted by Athen. 2. 34; cf. Plin. 16. 120; 26. 99; 27. 62 and 63.
[401]: 2 τετανόν : cf. 3. 11. 1; 3. 12. 5. Athen., l.c., has τεταμένον.
[402]: ³ ἐκεῖνο Athen. l.c.; κἀκεῖνο Ald.
[403]: ⁴ ζανθὸν before ἰσχυρόν Athen. l.c.
[404]: ¹ Plin. 16. 19. See Index.
[405]: ² βαθύτερα MSS.; εὐθότερα conj. Dalec.
[406]: 3 Plin. l.c. See Index.
[407]: ¹ Plin. 15. 98 and 99; Diosc. 1. 122. 2 October.
[408]: ³ ἐκκεκολαμμένον MV, cf. Arist. H. 4. 6. 3 ; ἐγκεκολαμμένον UAld. 4 cf. 1. 13. 3.
[409]: 5 κάρνειος, an unknown word, probably corrupt; κίονος Δωρικοῦ conj. Sch., ‘drum of a Doric column.’ cf. Athen. 5. 39.
[410]: 1 Plin. 16. 34.
[411]: 2 Τυρρηνίᾳ conj. R. Const ; πυρρηνίαι UM V; πυρρηνίᾳ Ald.
[412]: ³ αἰεὶ must be corrupt : probably repeated from ἀείφυλλον.
[413]: 4 βαλανηρὸν conj. Sch.; Bαλανἡφορον UMVAld.
[414]: 5 ἀρίᾳ coj. B. Coast. from G; ἀγρίᾳ Ρ2MVAld.; ἀγρίαι U.
[415]: ¹ κολοιτίαν (? κολοιτέαν) U. cf. 1. 11. 2; 3. 17. 2. Whichever spelling is correct should probably be adopted in all three places. cf. 3. 11. 3.
[416]: ¹ Lit. grape-stone.
[417]: ² 1 omit ἡ before διαφορά with Sch.
[418]: ¹ cf. 1. 9. 4; 3. 18. 12; C.P. 1. 10. 7.
[419]: ² Some words are missing, which described various forms of παλίουρος, alluded to in πάντα ταῦτα (Sch.). cf. 4. 3. 3 where an African παλίουρος is descnbed.
[420]: 3 καθαπερεὶ φύλλῳ conj. W., cf. 3. 11. 2; καθάπερ τὸ φύλλον UMV.
[421]: 1 Plin. 13. 55: 24. 91.
[422]: 2 στοιχεῖν: cf. 3. 5. 3: Plin. 13. 55.
[423]: ³ Βοτρυῶδες conj. W ; βοτρυηδόν U; βοτρυδόν Aid.
[424]: ⁴ ὁ ῥοῦς masc. cf. Diosc. 1. 108.
[425]: ¹ cf. Theocr. 11. 46. Plin. 16. 145 foll.
[426]: ³ i. e. is the most ‘distinct’ of the ivies.
[427]: 4 cf. 1. 10. 1; Diosc. 2. 179.
[428]: 5 i.e. as an explanation of the barrenness of helix.
[429]: 6 i.e. and so becomes fertile.
[430]: 7 διατείνονται : cf. C. P. 4. 6. 1. διατ. τῳ . . . apparently = “insist on the view that,” . . . but the dative is strange The sentence, which is highly elliptical, is freely emended by most editors.
[431]: ¹ ταξιφυλλοτέρα conj. W. from Plin. 16. 149, folia in ordinem digesto ; μακροφυλλοτέρα MSS. cf. 1. 10 8.
[432]: ² κατακεκαμμένη conj. W.; κατακεκαυμένη UAld.; κατακεκαμμένους conj. Seh.
[433]: 3 κιττώδους MSS.; ποώδους conj. St. ⁴ cf. C.P. 1. 16. 4.
[434]: ¹ σμῖλαξ: ? μῖλαξ W. cf. 1. 10. 5: Plin. 16. 153—155.
[435]: 2 ἐπαλλόκαυλον conj. Sch.; ἐπαυλόκαυλον V. cf. 3. 18. 10.
[436]: 3 καυλὸς conj. R. Const.; καρπὸς UMVAld.
[437]: 4 τυληρόν conj. W.; νοτηρόν Ald. U (corrected).
[438]: 5 ταύτην; cf. τὸ θυλακῶδες τοῦτο, 3. 7. 3. Is the pronoun
[439]: ¹ Presumably σ. ὁ ἐδώδιμος. See Index.
[440]: ² παρεγγίζει δ᾿ ὁ παραθριγκισμὸς Ι conj., cf. παραθριγκίζουσι below; παρωγγύζει δὲ παραθρινακίζει δὲ ὡς U; παραγγίζει δὲ παραθρηνακίζει δὲ ὡς MV; παραθριγκίζει δὲ ὡς conj. W.
[441]: ¹ 1 omit αἱ before κέραιαι with P.
[442]: 2 ἅμα 1 conj. ; ἀλλὰ Ald.; om. W. after Sch.; ἀλλ᾿ ἄμα conj. St.
[443]: 1 κωπεῶνε cf. 5. 1. 7. 2 δὲ μανὰ add. W.
[444]: 3 cf. 5. 1. 8. 4 2. 2. 10.
[445]: 5 ὄλως. . . μὲν conj. W.; ὅλως οὐ φυτευόμενα U; ὅλως φυτευόμενα MVPAld.
[446]: 1 1. 1. 7; cf. 1. 14. 2.
[447]: cf. C.P. 1. 17 9: Diosc. 1. 127: Athen. 2. 36. This
[448]: ¹ ὅσαιπερ conj. R. Const., etc., cf. Athen. l.c.; ὅσα ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ 1 (corrected); ὅσα ὑπὲρ αὐτὸν M; ὅσα ὑπὲο αὐτοῦ Ald.
[449]: ² Plin. 13. 59. 3 1. 14. 2.
[450]: ¹ ἀποτιθέασιν conj. R. Coast. from G (recondunt); τιθέασι UMVAld
[451]: ¹ cf. Hdt. ι.c.
[452]: ² σχάσεως conj. R. Const.; σχίσεως Ald.
[453]: 3 πλείστη conj. R. Const.; πλεκτὴ UMV Ald.
[454]: 4 cf. C.P. 6. 8. 7, where this olive is said to produce no oil.
[455]: 5 cf. Strabο, 17. 1. 35.
[456]: ¹ πάθος : cf. 1. 1. 1 n.
[457]: 2 cf. Schol. ad Nic. Ther. 683 of a sensitive plant called σκορπίουρος or ἰσχύουσα. ἀφαυαινόμενα conj. Scal.; ἀφαυλινόμενα UMV P2,Ald.
[458]: ¹ cf. Hdt. 4. 177; Athen. 14. 651: Seyl. Peripl. Lotophagi.
[459]: 2 A ruler of Cyrene, who invaded Carthaginian territory in conjunction with Agathocles, B.C. 308.
[460]: ³ τῇ λωτοφαγιτίδι conj. W.; τῇ Λωτοφαίᾳ φάριδι UM Ald.
[461]: 4 μέρος: μείων conj. Sch. (non minor G).
[462]: ¹ Sch. after Scal. places this section before § 3, making the account of this tree consecutive. ² Plin. 13. 17. 104—106.
[463]: ³ εὔπαχες conj. R. Const.; εὐσταχές U; εὔσταχες MP2Ald.
[464]: 4 cf. Hdt. 2. 96.
[465]: ¹ Lepus Aegyptiacus. cf. Arist. H.A. 8. 28.
[466]: 2 ὡς κατὰ conj. Scal. from G; ὥστε τὰ Ald. H.
[467]: ¹ ἐλάαν conj. Spr.; ἐλάτην MSS. cf. Hdt. 1. 193; Xen. Anab. 4. 4. 13; Arr. Ind. 40.
[468]: 2 κιττὸν conj. W., cf. Arr. Anab. 5. 1. 6; καὶ τὴν UMV; καὶ τῷ Ald. H. ³ λέγεται add. W.
[469]: 4 ἐξοδίας UMVP; Ἰνδίας W. with Ald.
[470]: 5 κιττῷ εἶναι conj. W.; εἶτα μεῖναι U; εἶτα μὴ εἶναι MVPAld.
[471]: ¹ τις add. W. from Athen. l.c.; θανάσιμον . . . φάρμακον add. Sch. from Athen. l.c. ² Plin. 11. 278; 12. 16.
[472]: ³ ἁδρὸν ᾖ W. from Athen. l.c., whence διαφυτεύεται W, etc. for διαφυτεύηται Ald. H. ἁδρόν τι UMVAld.
[473]: ¹ οὗ conj. W.; αἷς UMV Ald.
[474]: 2 ἄφυλλοι conj. Dalec.; δίφυλλοι UV Ald.; so also MH., omitting καὶ.
[475]: 3 ἐξήκοντα . . . τετταράκοντα MSS.; ἓξ . . τεττάρων conj. Salm. cf. Plin. l.c.; Strabo 15. 1. 21.
[476]: 1 Plin. 12. 25.
[477]: 2 See Index. Plin. 12. 17– 19.
[478]: ³ Pistachio-nut. see Index App. (7). Plin. 12. 25. Nic. Ther. 894.
[479]: ¹ cf. 8. 4. 2. whence it appears that the original text here contained a fuller account. Plin. 18. 71.
[480]: ² Sorghum halepense. 3 Sc. of Alexander.
[481]: 4 The verb seems to have dropped out (W.).
[482]: ¹ καὶ σχεδὸν. . . μορφῇ conj. W.; σχεδὸν δὲ καὶ τὴν φύσιν ὥσπερ μετ. κοτ. καὶ ἐλ ἐστι δὲ τῆ ὅλῃ μορφῇ καὶ τὸ φ. Ald.; so also U, omitting the first καί.
[483]: ² Balsamodendron Mukul; see Index App. (9). Plin. 12 33.
[484]: ¹ τὰ ἀλλὰ δὲ : ? om. τὰ; δὲ om. Sch.
[485]: ¹ Τελἐθριον conj. Sch. (in Εuboea), cf. 9. 15. 4; Πελέθριον UMVP; Παρθένιον Ald. G.
[486]: ² Whose rhizome was used for perfumes; cf. 1. 7. 2; de odor. 22. 23. 28. 32; Dykes, The Genus Iris, p. 237, gives an interesting account of the modern uses of ‘orris. root.’
[487]: ¹ See Index.
[488]: 2 καὶ ὅσα : text probably defective, but sense clear. ?καὶ ὅσα τῆς Θ. ἔχει καὶ τὰ περὶ Ἰ.
[489]: ¹ φιλοτιμηθεῖσαι conj St. ; φιλοτιμηθεὶς MSS Plin. 12. 7.
[490]: ² θοαλάττης conj. Scal. from G ; ἐλάτης Ald. H.
[491]: ¹ See Index : συκῆ, δρῦς, etc.
[492]: 2 ταινιοειδὲς conj. Dalec. ; τετανοειδὲς U UP2Ald.H.; τὰ τενοειδὲς MV. 3 cf. Diosc. 4. 99; Plin. 136.
[493]: ¹ Plin. 13. 136, cf. 32. 22: Diosc. 4. 99.
[494]: 2 litmus; see Index, φῦκος (5).
[495]: ³ Plin. l.e. ; grasss-wrack, see Index, φῦκος (6).
[496]: ¹ αὐτῖς Ald.H.; αὐτῷ conj. W.
[497]: ² I have inserted μονόκαυλα.
[498]: ¹ κάτωθεν. . , ἀπαλλάττουσαι probably beyond certain restoration : I have added καὶ before κάτωθεν (from G), altered κυκλωθὲν to κύκλῳ, put a stop before καὶ κάτωθεν, and restored ἀπαλλάττουσαι (Ald.H.). 2 cf. 6. 4. S: 7. 8. 3.
[499]: 3 περικεκλασμένα, i.e. towards the ground. cf. Diosc. 3. 68 and 69, where Plin. (27. 13) renders (φύλλα) ὐποwπερικλᾶται ad terram infracta.
[500]: ¹ cf. Strabo 16. 1. 147. ² See Index.
[501]: 2 The name of a tree seems to have dropped out : I have inserted τῇ ἐλάᾳ:. cf. ταῖς ἐλάοις below. Bretzl suggests ἰδέᾳ for ὰ??ίᾳ.
[502]: ¹ Plin. l.c. Sicco litore radicibus nudis polyporum modo complexae steriles arenas tepectantur: he appears to have had a fuller text.
[503]: ¹ ἐξείρειν conj. W.; ἑξειαίρειν P2; ἐξαίσρειν Ald. ² 4. 5. 8.
[504]: 3 Tamarind. See Index App. (15). Plin. 12. 40.
[505]: 4 πλὴν ἄοδμον conj. H. Steph.; πλείονα ὄδμον UM Aid.
[506]: 5 τῷ μεγέθει καὶ I conj.; καὶ τῷ μεγέθει UMVP; καὶ om. Aid.
[507]: 6 Tamarind also. See Index App. (16). 7 i.e. leaflets.
[508]: 8 Ficus laccifera. See Index App. (17). οὐ φυλλορροούσας conj. W., cf. G and Plin. l.c.; αἳ φυλλορροοῦσιν Ald. H.
[509]: ¹ τῶν γοῦν κ.τ.λ.: text probably defective; what follows appears to relate to τὰ ποιώδη.
[510]: ¹ Ottelia alismoeides. See Index App (18).
[511]: ² ταῦτα . . . πλείω conj. W. after Sch.; I have also transposed the two sentences, after Sch. The whole passage in [] (which is omitted by G) is apparently either an interpolation or defective. σημαίνει δὲ ὥσπερ καὶ ἀποφέρεσθαι· ἕτερα δὲ ἀπ’ αὐτῶν τὰ πλεῖα· ταῦτα δὲ γίνεται ἐν τῷ ποταμῷ· εἰ μὴ ὁ ῥοῦς ἐζέφερεν Aid.; so also U, but αὐτῶν πλείω.
[512]: ¹ ὁ πῖλος UMV: ἡ πῖλος Ald.H.; ?=germen Sch.
[513]: ² cf. Diosc. 2. 107.
[514]: 3 καὶ καταβ. conj. W.: καταβ. Aid.; καταβ. δ’ UMV.
[515]: 4 Plin. 13. 107 and 108.
[516]: ¹ cf. Diosc. l.c. 2 cf. C.P. 2. 19. 1; Plin. 13. 109.
[517]: 3 ὀψίας conj. W. from Plin. l.c.; ? ὀψίας ὥρας.
[518]: ⁴ 〈ὂν〉 add. W.
[519]: 5 κέλυφος i.e. fruit : καρπόν i.e. seeds.
[520]: ¹ Plin. l.c. anthalium, whence Salm. conj. ὰνθάλλιον.
[521]: ² Saccharum biforum. See Index App. (19).
[522]: ³ εὖ σίτου ἄλλο conj. W.; εὐσιτοῦντα Ald.
[523]: 1 τὰ δὲ κοινὰ κοινῶς conj. Sch. from G; τὰ δὲ κοινῶς Aid. H.
[524]: ² ταὐτὰ conj. Sch.; ταῦτα Aid.
[525]: 3 πρὸς τὰ κοιν. ὠρ. πρ. conj. W. supported by G; κοινότατα προσειοημένα πρότερον Aid. H.
[526]: 1 ἐλάττων . . . ὕδατος : sense doubtful. G. seems to render a different reading.
[527]: ² i.e. the flower-head, which, as well as the plant, was called σίδη.
[528]: 3 μήκωνι can hardly be right : suspected by H.
[529]: ⁴ cf. Athen. 14. 64.
[530]: 5 i.e. petals.
[531]: ¹ κονίας: ? κονιάσεις (plasterig), conjecture mentioned by Sch.
[532]: ¹ i.e. we have gone beyond the list of typical plants of Orchomenus given 4. 10. 1, because we have found others of which much the same may be said.
[533]: 2 cf. 4. 10. 2.
[534]: ³ αὐτὴ: cf. 4. 10. 3 n.
[535]: ¹ κώμυσι: lit ‘bundles.’
[536]: ² δυ᾿ ἔτη conj. W.; διετῆ UM V Ald.
[537]: ³ B. c. 338.
[538]: ¹ βομβυκίαν. In one kind of pipe the performer blew, not directly on to the ‘reed,’ but into a cap in which it was enclosed ; this cap, from the resemblance in shape to a cocoon, was called βόμβυξ.
[539]: ² εἶναι add. W.
[540]: 3 Plin. 16. 169–172 4 September.
[541]: 5 i.e. between the free end of the vibrating ‘tongue and
[542]: ¹ κατασπάσματα: lit. ‘convulsions’; i.e. the strong vibrations of a ‘tongue,’ the free end of which is kept away from the body or ‘lay’ of the mouthpiece. Such a ‘reed’ would have the effect of giving to the pipes a fuller and louder tone.
[543]: ² i.e. so as to make a closed end.
[544]: 1 cf. Plut. Sulla, 20.
[545]: 2 i.e. the so-called ‘Lake’ Copaïs.
[546]: 3 καὶ add. W.
[547]: ¹ θρύον, a kind of grass (see Index : cf. Hom. Il. 21. 351), conj. Sch.; βρύον MSS. ; however Plut. Nat. Quaest. 2 gives βρύον along with τύφη and φλεώς in a list of marsh plants.
[548]: ² δὲ δεῖ τοῦτο conj. W.; δὲ τοῦτο UMVAld.
[549]: 1 θ. γ’ ἦν ἰδεῖν conj. W. from G; θ. ἐν γ’ εἴδεῖν U; θ. ἔν γε ἰδεῖν MVP: θ. ἐνιδεῖν Ald.
[550]: ² οἱ κάρπιμοι conj. R. Const.; οἱ καρποί Ald. H.
[551]: 3 γὰρ seems meaningless ; G has autem.
[552]: 4 κορονᾷ; cf. 3. 5. 1.
[553]: 5 γραμμώδει conj. R. Coast.; γραμμώδεις Ald. H.
[554]: ¹ 3. 18. 3 and 4; 4. 8. 1.
[555]: ¹ καὶ τὰ ἀντ. conj. W.; κατὰ ἀντ. UMV τὰ ὰντ. Ald. H.
[556]: 2 περικαρπίοις : cf. C . 1. 17. 5.
[557]: On the Acropolis : cf. Hdt. 8. 55; Soph. Ο.C. 694 foll.
[558]: ¹ cf. C.P. 2. 11. 5.
[559]: ² ὰναθεραπε ύοι conj. W,; ὰναθεραπεύει Ald.
[560]: 3 ἢ εἰ καὶ ὅλως conj. W.; ἂ εἰ καὶ καλῶς U; ἀεὶ καὶ καλ ῶς M V; καὶ εἰ καλῶς Ald H.
[561]: ⁴ Sc. and then encourage new growth.
[562]: ¹ ἐξ αὐτῶν Ald., sc. τῶν ῥιζῶν; ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν conj. W.
[563]: ² i.e. such an argument practically assumes the permanence of the trunk, which in the case of the vine can hardly be considered apart from the root. δοκοίη τοιαύτη σύγκρισις I conj. from G; δικαιοτάτη σύγκρισις M VAld. ; δικαιοτάτηι συγκρίσεις U; δοκοίη εἶναι ἢ σύγκρισις conj. Sch.; so W. in his earlier edition : in his later editions he emends wildly.
[564]: ¹ ποπληγῇ : ἀπολήγῃ conj Sch.
[565]: 2 Plin. 17. 216. cf. C.P. 5. 8. 3.
[566]: 4 κατὰ γένη conj. W.; καὶ τὰ γένη UMV; καὶ κατὰ γένη Ald.
[567]: ¹ δπώδη UMV Ald : εὐώδη H., evidently from Plin. 17. 221. cf. C P. 5. 9. 4 aud 5.
[568]: 2 λοπάδα: Plin. 17. 223, patella. The ἧλος is an abortive bud, called in Italian novolo.
[569]: 3 ἡλίου καῦσις conj. Scal. from Plin l.c. veluti solis exustio : so also G ; ἡλοιαυτον U; ἧλοι αὐτὸν V; ἥλοι αὐτῶν M ; ἦλοι αὐτῶν Ald. which W. prints provisionally.
[570]: ¹ cf. C. P. 5. 9. 10: Col. 5. 9. 15.
[571]: 2 cf. 5. 4. 5: C.P. 5. 10. 5; Plin.17. 221.
[572]: 3 αὐτὴ ἡ ῥίζα I conj.; αὐτὴν τὴν ῥίζαν U; om. Ald.
[573]: 4 cf. C. P. 5. 9. 12: Plin. 17. 225.
[574]: 5 i.e. shedding of the ‘bark’ of the roots λοπᾶν conj Sch., cf. C.P. 5. 9. 9; λοτάδα Ald.H., cf. 4. 14. 3; but the word here points to a different disease.
[575]: 6 ὑπτία τομή seems to be a technical term for pruning in such a way that the growth of the new wood is encouraged
[576]: 1 Plin. 17. 227.
[577]: 2 εὐχειρωτότατον conj. W. after Lobeck; εὐχειρότατον Ald.
[578]: ³ πόνον conj. H. from G ; τόπον M VAld.
[579]: 4 This sentence is clearly out of place: the plural τούτων has nothing to refer to. cf. 4. 13. 2. It is represented however by Plin. l.c.
[580]: ¹ cf. C.P. 5. 10. 3.
[581]: ² Tarentum : cf. C.P. l.c.
[582]: ³ ἀπάνθησιν conj. W.; ἄνθησιν Ald.
[583]: Plin 17. 229—231.
[584]: 5 ὰράχιον conj. Sch. after Meurs.; ὰρίχνιον UP2,; ἀρχίχνιον MVP; ἀρχίνον Ald. cf. C.P. 5. 10.
[585]: 1 Pin. 17. 232.
[586]: 2 τῶν κατὰ τούς τόπους conj. Sch. from Plin. l.c.; τῶν καθ' αὐτὰ Ald.
[587]: 3 ἔκπηξιν conj. Scb.: ἔκπηλξιν UMP2Ald. cf. C.P. 5. 12. 2, πῆξις.
[588]: 4 cf. C.P. 5.12. 4.
[589]: ¹ Plin. 17. 233.
[590]: 2 ἐκπαγέντα conj. Sch.; ἐκπλαγέντα U; ἐκπληγέντα Ald.
[591]: 3 ἐάν γε conj. Sch.; ἐὰν δὲ U; ἐὰν π. χ. δ. γε Ald.
[592]: 1 Plin. 17. 234; 2 cf. C.P. 5. 15. 1.
[593]: 2. cf. 1. 5. 2.
[594]: 3 βλαστὸ conj. Sct. from G; κρπὸν UAld.H.
[595]: 4 Plin. 17. 234—236.
[596]: ¹ καὶ add. W. (text defective in MSS. except U).
[597]: 1 Plin. 17.236; cf. 3. 7. 2; C.P. 5. 17. 3.
[598]: 2 cf. 3. 9. 5.
[599]: 3 ἄνωθεν καὶ conj. W.: καὶ ἄνεθεν Ald.
[600]: 4 cf. 1. 3. 3; 1. 14. 2.
[601]: ¹ τινὁς μὲν ζῆν τὸ δ. conj. W.; τινος ἐὰν (corrected) τοῦ δένδρου U; τινος ἐζῃρέθη τοῦ 3. M V Ald.
[602]: 2 cf. Plin 17. 234: C.P. 5. 15. 6.
[603]: ³ πᾶσι· καὶ ἔλαιον ἐπιχέουσι conj. Sch.; πᾶσιν ἕλαιον ἐπιχεύουσιν UMP2Ald.
[604]: ¹ ἕλκει: lit ‘draws it in’; cf. ἔλκειν ἀέρα, μέθυ, etc.
[605]: ² cf. C. P. 2. 18. 4 ὁ βλαστὸς πλησίον conj. Dalec. from G; ὁ πλησίον βλαστός Ald. H.
[606]: ¹ Plin. 16. 188. ² cf. 3. 5. 1.
[607]: ³ δυσπεριαιρετός conj. Sch.; δυσπερικάθαρτος Ald.
[608]: ¹ cf. 3. 5. 1. ² add. Sch.
[609]: 3 ηγός τε conj. Scal.; πηγός τε U; φηγόσιν τε V; πηγόσιν τε Mld.
[610]: ⁴ κατορύττεται conj. Sch. from G; ὀρύττεται Ald. cf. 5. 4. 3 5. 7. 5. PIin. 16. 189.
[611]: 1 αἱ add. Sch.
[612]: ³ ὑπολοπῶσιν conj. Sch.; εἰ πέλειν εἰσι U; ὐπελεινεισιν MV: ὑπελινῶσιν Ald.
[613]: ³ ταύτην conj. St.; καὶ τὴν Ald. H.
[614]: 1 τὸ μλὲ γὰρ ἐνδ. corj. St. from G; ἐνδ. γὰρ Ald.
[615]: 2 cf. 3. 9. 7.
[616]: 3. 9. 7, μόνον οὐ διαφανεῖς, whence it appears that the epithet refers to colour.
[617]: 4 Phn. 16. 195. 5 i.e. the annual rings. cf.1. 5. 2; 5. 5. 3.
[618]: 6 cf. Hom. Od. 12. 172.
[619]: 7 κατασπῶσιν conj. W.; κατὰ πᾶσιν UΜ V; κατὰ πάντα Ald.
[620]: 8 cf. Plin. l.c. 9 cf. 1. 2
[621]: 10 ἐμφανεστάτας conj. W. ; εὐγενεστάτας Ald.
[622]: 1¹ δὲ conj. Sch.: καὶ U Ald H.
[623]: 1 Plin. l.c.
[624]: ² The meaning of ‘four-cleft etc. seems to be this:
[625]: 1 πεφυκς: cf. Χen. Cyr. 4. 3. 5.
[626]: 2 ὐτοπαράβορρα conj. St.; ὑπὸ παράβορρα Ald.; ὐπόβορρα ἡ παράβορρα conj. Sch.
[627]: 1 A river which flows into the Propontis on the Asiatic side.
[628]: 2 Near Mount Oeta. Aἰνιανικήν conj. Palm. from Plin. ι.c.: αἰανικὴν P,Ald.H.
[629]: ³ ταῦτα κάλλιστα· δζώδη δὲ conj. Scal.; ταῦτα καὶ μάλιστα ὸζῦδη γίν. Ald.H.; ταῦτα μάλιστα· δζὐδη δὲ γίν. U.
[630]: ¹ ἄτι δ᾿ ἡ conj. W.: ὅτι δὴ UMV: ὅτι δὲ Ald.
[631]: ² cf. καταπίνεσθαι, above, § 2.
[632]: 3 Plin. 16. 198 and 199.
[633]: ⁴ ἐκγλύψας θῇ conj. W.; ἐκλύψας θἧι U; ἐκλιθασθῆ Ald.H.
[634]: 5 Text defective.
[635]: 6 i.e. the bark had grown over those. cf. Plin. ι.c.
[636]: ¹ cf. Arist. Mereor. 4 7 ad fin.
[637]: 2 cf. 1 6. 1. cf. 3. 15. 3.
[638]: 3 Peobably so called from their resemblance in shape and
[639]: 1 ὑποβρέχουσι conj. Harduin from Plin. 16. 27; ἀποβρίθουσι Ald. H: ἀποβρέχουσι mBas.
[640]: 2 cf. 5. 5. 1, which, referring to this paseage, hardly agrees with it as now read.
[641]: ¹ κωλύει : Sch. adds θάτερον from G.
[642]: ² ἔκειτο conj. W.; ἐκεῖνο Ald.
[643]: ³ i.e. the ‘upper’ wood in the upper position.
[644]: ⁴ πάντων MSS. (?); πάντως conj. W,
[645]: 5 i.e. there would be no resistance. ἦν after ἄν add. Sch.
[646]: 1 Plin. 16. 213.
[647]: ² τεθησαυρισμένα . . . ἔκειτο conj. Bentley; τεθησαυρισμένα . . . κειντο Ald.H.; P has ἔκειτρ.
[648]: ¹ Plin. 16. 220 and 221.
[649]: 2 τιτραίνεται conj. Scat. from G ; τιτρενεται: U Wo.; πεπαίνεται MVAld. cf 4. 14. 5.
[650]: ⁴ ὑσπερεὶ μυοδόχον conj. W.: ὑσπερ οἱ μυόχοδοι MSS ; G omits. The word μυοδόχος does not occur elsewhere as a subst.
[651]: 1 Plin. 16 221 : cf. 4. 7. 7.
[652]: 2 Teak. See Index App. (22).
[653]: 3 Calamander-wood, See Index App. (23).
[654]: 1 5. 3. 3.
[655]: 2 τὰ σκληρὰ conj. Sch. from G (?); ταῦτα P, Ald.H.
[656]: 3 ἔχειν conj. Sch.: ἔχει ἦ Ald.H.
[657]: 4 ἐλάαν conj. Scal. from G ; λάτην Ald.H.
[658]: 5 i.e. and this happens less in woods which have little core. δμα (? ═ δμοίως) MSS.; αὐτήν conj. W.
[659]: 1 And so cause no trouble.
[660]: 2 cf. 5. 1. 6. πλείους conj. Sch. from G; ἄλλους Ald.H.
[661]: 3 Text probably defective; ? insert ἐξῃρέθη after ξηρὸν.
[662]: 4 The figure would seem to be
[663]: 1 ὐλου σκληροτάτη conj. Sch. from G ; ὐλον σκληρότατον UMV: so Ald. omittting καὶ.
[664]: 2 ὰποελεκῶσι conj. Sch.; ὰποπλέκωσι UM ; ὰποπλέκουσι Ald.: ὰποπελέκουσι mBas. 3 cf. C.P 5. 17. 2.
[665]: ¹ i.e. the strut becomes concave or convex respectively cf. Xen. Cyr. 7. 5. 11.
[666]: ² i.e. it cannot be used as a strut, or it would ‘buckle.’ though it will stand a vertical strain.
[667]: 3 Plin. 16. 225.
[668]: ⁴ cf. C.P. 5. 17. 3. εὐθνπορώτατα: εὐθυπορίαν.
[669]: ¹ παύονται can hardly be right : Plin. l.c. seems to have had a fuller text.
[670]: 2 ἐμπλάττει: cf. de Sens. 66.
[671]: 1 τριήρει conj. W.; τριήρη U; τριήρης MV; τριἠρεσι Ald.
[672]: 2 ταῖς δ’ ἐλάττοσιν ὀξυίνην conj. W, (τοῖς Sch.); τοῖς μὲν ἐλάττοσιν ὀξύη Ald. cf. Plin. 16. 226.
[673]: 3 χέλυσμα, a temporary covering for the bottom: so Poll. and Hesych. explain.
[674]: ¹ ἐλάτη. . . ᾶρκευθος conj. W,: ἐλάτη τε καὶ πεύκη καὶ κέδρος ἔτι κυπάρριττος δρῦς πεύκη καὶ κέδρος ἄοκευθος U; ἐλάτη τε καὶ πεύκη καὶ κέδρος καὶ ἄρκευθος Ald.H.: so also MV, omitting καὶ before ὰρκ.
[675]: 2 ὡς δ’ ἁπλῶς conj. Sch.; ατλῶς δ’ ὡς Ald.
[676]: ³ καινὰ conj. Sch.; καὶ νῦν Ald.
[677]: 4 συμπαγῇ conj. W., which he renders ‘when it has been glued together’; συμπίῃ Ald. G’s reading was evidently different.
[678]: ¹κίστας: cf. 3. 13. 1; perhaps ‘hampers,’' cf. 5. 7. 7.
[679]: 2 παρακολλήματα: lit. ‘things glued on.’
[680]: 3 Plin. 16. 229.
[681]: 4 ταῖς μονοστρόφιs ἁμάξαις : or, perhaps, ‘the wheels of
[682]: ¹ Inconsistent with 5. 6. 2. φιλυρέα conj. Sch.
[683]: 2 καὶ σημύδα conj. Sch.; καὶ μυῖα U; καὶ μύα Ald. cf. 3. 14. 4.
[684]: 1 Demetrius Poliorcetes. cf. Plut. Demetr. 43; Plin. 16. 203.
[685]: ² ἐσικινδυνεῦσαι conj. W.; τὸν ύκνον Ald.; so U, but πυκνον.
[686]: 3 i.e. against the overhanging trees. ? ἱστίοις, to which διασχ. is more appropriate.
[687]: 1 cf. Hom. Od. 10. 552 foll., 11. 51–80, 12. 8–15; Plin. 15. 119.
[688]: ² νἐαν πρόσθεσινσ conj. Sch.; εἰς ὰνδρὸς θέσιν Ald.
[689]: ¹ κολοβῶν conj. Palm.; κολλάβων U; κολάβων Ald.
[690]: ² δὲ καὶ ἐκ τῶν conj. W. ; δὲ καὶ οἱ τῶν UMVP; δὲ οἱ τῶν Ald.H.
[691]: 3 καὶ εἰ ἐνικμοτέρας conj. W.; καὶ οἱ ἐνακμοτέρας U; καὶ ἡ ἐν ἀκμητέρας MV; καὶ οἱ ἐν ὰκμητέρας Ald.Bas.Cam. The sense seems to require ὑγροτέρας for ἐνικμοτέρας and ἐνικμοτέρα for ὑγροτέρα. G seems to have had a fuller text.
[692]: ⁴ i.e. from growing in a damper place. cf. 5. 9. 4.
[693]: ¹ λεῖα conj. Scal. from G; νέα Ald.
[694]: ² With sods. cf. Plin., l.c., who seems to have had a fuller text.
[695]: ³ An Athenian tragic poet. Scal. restores the quotation
[696]: ¹ π. δὲ γίνεται μὲν conj. Sch.; π. μὲν γίνετα UMVAld.
[697]: 2 cf. 1. 2. 3 n.
[698]: 3 κιττοῦ conj. Bod. from deigne 64, Plin. 16. 208; καρύου Ald.
[699]: 4 πυρεῖον conj. Salm.; πυροὶ UMVAld.
[700]: ¹ cf. C. P. 5. 4. 4. οἱ μάντεις . . . ἐλατίνιs conj. Lobeck.: οἱ λεῖαν . . . τοῖς ἑκατίνοις U; οἰλείν . . . τοὺς ἐκματίνοις V; οἱ λεῖαν τῆς εἶληθήας . . . τοῖς ἐκματίνοις M; οἱ λεῖαν τῆς ἀληθυίας ἔφαιδρον . . . τοὺς ἑκατίνους P2; ίλεῖαν τῆς εἰληθυίας ἔφυδροτ . . τοὺς ἑκατίνους Ald.
[701]: 1 cf. 6. 6. 1.
[702]: 2 This hardly corresponds to the definition of φρύγανα
[703]: ¹ ἔστιν. . . εἴδεσι : text needlessly altered by Sch. and W. Sch. himself shews that T. uses εἶδος and γένος almost indiscriminately. Here τῶν ὅλων γενῶν means the same as τοῖς
[704]: ¹ i.e. there is a gradation.
[705]: ² κίσθος conj. Sch..; κισσὸς Ald.H.
[706]: 3 σπειραία conj. Sch. from Plin. 21. 53; σμηρέα Ald G.
[707]: 4 θύμβρα σφάκος conj. Sch.; θύμθρας φακὸς UMVAld.
[708]: 5 cf. 6. 2. 5.
[709]: 6 ναρθηκώδη = hollow-stemmed, ἐννευρόκαυλα = plants with a plain unjointed stem, solid with ‘immersed’ fibres. In the
[710]: ¹ cf. 1. 10. 4.
[711]: ² Apparently an afterthought, suggested by the mention of the woodiness of the branches.
[712]: 3 περιλαμβάνει conj. W. from G; περιλαμβάνειν Ald.
[713]: 4 Plin. 21. 55.
[714]: 1 λαμβάνειν P2Ald.: lit. ‘take hold’, cf. 6. 2. 6; βλαστάνειν
[715]: ²σφάκος conj. Sch.: σφάκελος UMVP2Ald.; Plin. 22, 146 and 147.
[716]: ¹ λαμβάνει Ald.; ἁδρύνει conj. W. But cf. the somewhat similar use 6. 2. 4.
[717]: ² contra bestiarum morsus Plin. l.c.
[718]: 3 Plin. 13. 132 and 133.
[719]: 4 The form of expression in the repeated ὑπὲρ seems loose,
[720]: ¹ κοῖλον add. W.
[721]: ² See Index: the stalk is specially in question here.
[722]: ³ cf. 6. 1. 4 n. ἐκνευρόκαυλα P2Ald., cf. ἔκλευκος, ‘whitish’; ἐννευρόκαυλα conj. Sch. as in 6. 1. 4; but οἷον indicates the coinage of a fresh term. κώνειον seems to be placed in the wrong list.
[723]: 4 Plin. 25. 147–150 describes mandragoras, but his description is not taken from T. cf. Diosc. 4. 75, where three kinds
[724]: ¹ οἷον φυλλ. τὸ λεγ. conj. W.; φυλλ. οἷον τὸ λεγ. Ald.H.
[725]: ² I have added ὃν.
[726]: 3 μέταλλα U; μέτρα Ald.; ἐν μετάλλοις μέτρα.
[727]: 4 cf. 9. 1. 7; Diosc. 3. 80.
[728]: ¹ cf. Hdt. 4. 158. ² B.C. 310.
[729]: 3 ταύτην δὲ . . . τὸ σίλφιον: text as restored conjecturally by W., chiefly by alteration in the order of the words in Ald.
[730]: 4 καλεῖσθαι δὲ γάλα after φύεσθαι in Ald.
[731]: 5 In 6. 3. 7 this name is applied to a distinct plant. μαγ. τὸ καὶ conj. Salm.; μαγ. καὶ τὸ P2Ald.H. 6 cf. 6. 3. 2.
[732]: 7 τοῦτο conj. Salm.; τούτον UMVAld.; τοῦτον P2.
[733]: ¹ cf. Arr. Anab. 3. 28. 6 and 7.
[734]: ² Artemisia canogirata: Index App. (24).
[735]: 3 Plin. 19. 46; Diosc. 3. 94; Hesych. s.v.; Photius, Gloss. s.v.; cf. 6. 3. 4 n.
[736]: ¹ φέως conj. St.; φλέως Ald. cf. 6. 1. 3.
[737]: 2 cf. 6. 1. 3. Plin. 21. 91; 22. 39.
[738]: ¹ ἀκανῶδες m Bas.; ἀκανθῶδες Ald. cf. 1. 13. 3, where ἀκανῶδες is restored by W. ’s certain conj.
[739]: 2 ἀκανῶδες conj. Sch.; ἀκανθῶδες Ald. H.; acanaceum G.
[740]: ³ ἄκανος ἢ ἀκανῶδες Ald.; ἄκανθος ἢ ἀκανθῶδες m Bas. υ. supra.
[741]: 4 σόγκος conj. Sch.; κνῆκος Ald. The correction seems necessary in view of 6. 4. 8.
[742]: 5 ἄκορνα conj. Sch.; ἄκαρνα Ald. cf. Plin. l.c.
[743]: 6 ὃς καὶ λειμωνία Ι conj.; ἢ καὶ λειμωνία conj. Scal. from
[744]: ¹ ἀκάνων Ald.; ἀκαρνῶν m Bas.; ἀκάνου or ἀκόρνης conj. Sch., the plural being awkward.
[745]: ² πηνίοις conj. R. Coast.; σπληνείοις U; σπληνίοις MAld ; colu G and Plin. l.c.; cf. Diosc 3. 107.
[746]: 3 σογκώδεις: Plin. l.c. seems to have read ὀγκόδεις (torosiore caule).
[747]: 4 καυλῶν conj. Scal. from Plin. l.c.; φύλλων Ald.
[748]: 5 μικρὸν conj. Spr. from Plin. l.c. (minutum somen); πικρὸν
[749]: 6 πώγωνος· σπερματώδεις Ald.: so U, but πωγωνος, and M, but
[750]: ¹ ἀκκανικὴ conj. Bod., cf. 6. 4. 4 nn.; ἀκανθικὴ Ald.
[751]: ² cf. Hes. Op. 582.
[752]: ³ σόγκου conj. C. Hoffmann; ὄγκου Ald.
[753]: 4 κύησις: i.e. flower-head. cf. κύημα 6. 4. 3: Plin. 21. 94.
[754]: 5 ἀκανόδης conj. Scal.: ἀκανθώδης Ald. cf. 6. 4. 3 nn.
[755]: 6 cf. 6. 4. 3. T. ’s information seems to be incorrect, as
[756]: ¹ ὑπὸ conj. Sch.; ἐπὶ Ald.; Plin. l.c. malum contectum sua fronde. ² cf. 9. 1. 3. cf. Plin. 12. 72.
[757]: 4 Plin. 21. 97; Athen. 2. 83.
[758]: 5 πλατὺ add. Scal. from Athen l.c., cf. Plin. l.c.; om. Ald. H. The ‘stems’ are the petioles of the leaves.
[759]: 6 ἀκανῶδες conj. Sch.; ἀκανθῶδες Ald.
[760]: 1 ἀρότοις conj. Bod.; ἀρότροις Ald. cf. 8. 1. 2.
[761]: ² τότε conj. St.; τοῦτο Ald. ³ cf. Pall. 10. 13. 2.
[762]: 4 ὁ φέως conj. St.; ὄφεως Ald. Bas. Cam.H.; ὁ φλεὼς m Bas.
[763]: 5 Plin. 21. 91.
[764]: ¹ Evidently some conventional way of making a wreath.
[765]: ² διαλαμβανομένων ἐπαλλήλων conj. W.; διαλαμβανομένην ὑπ᾿ ἀλλήλων Ald. cf. Plat. Prot. 346 E, where the verb means ‘to punctuate.’
[766]: 3 κολοβοανθὴς; cf. 8. 3. 3.
[767]: 1 Plin. 21. 59.
[768]: ² So Plin. l.c.; but Nic. ap. Athen. 15. 31 calls this flower fragrant.
[769]: ³ πολλῶν conj. W.; πολλὰ UMAld.
[770]: 4 οἷον εἰ conj. W.; ὅτι Ald. 5 οὖν conj. W.; οἶον Ald.
[771]: ¹ cf. 6. 8. 1 n.; Diosc. 3. 102.
[772]: ² Plin. 21 14—21; Athen. 15. 29.
[773]: ³ i.e. of the bark. cf. Plin. 21. 17, scabritia corticis.
[774]: 4 Sc. in ‘double’ roses.
[775]: 5 i.e. the hip; called ὄμφαλος Arist. Probl. 12. 8, where the same statement is made; called μῆλον below, § 6.
[776]: ¹ διαφερόντως δὲ τοῦ κρόκου conj. Saracenus from Athen. l.c.; διαφερόντως δὴ τοῦ χρόνου Ald. cf Callim. Hymn to Apollo 83, whence it appears that an autumnal crocus (crocus sativus) is meant. See below § 10.
[777]: 2 ἀκανῶδες conj. Sch. from G, acanaceum; ἀνθῶδες UMAld.
[778]: ³ παππωδῶν conj. Sch.; πρώτων Ald.
[779]: 4 Plin. 21. 27.
[780]: ¹ cf. 2. 2. 1 n., 9. 14: C.P. 1. 4. 4—6. Plin. 21. 26 describes a method of artificially producing crimson lilies from the bulbils of a white lily. cf. Geop. 11. 20.
[781]: 2 cf. 6. 8. 1 and 3. See Index. cf. 7. 13. 1.
[782]: 4 ποώδη: cf. 4. 10. 3.
[783]: ¹ πάτῳ conj. Turneb. and others; κάτω Ald,
[784]: ² κροτητοῖς: Plin. l.c. iuxta semitas ac fontes. Did he read κρουνοῖς
[785]: ³ ἀνθικὰ conj. Scal.; ἀκανθικὰ Ald. cf. 6. 6. 2.
[786]: ⁴ ἀλλ᾿ ὅτι conj. W. from G; ἄλλα δὲ UMPAld.
[787]: ¹ ἐνίοτε conj. W.; ἐνίοις Ald.
[788]: ² Plin. 21. 57. Description of various forms of ἕρπυλλος has perhaps dropped out after this word: cf. § 5, καθάπερ ἐλέχθη.
[789]: ³ i.e. from seed. ταύτην conj. W.; πάντα UMAld.; ? τάντα ταύτην
[790]: ⁴ Plin. 21. 34: cf. C.P. 1. 4. 2. ἀβρότονον . . . θέρους, text nearly as given by Ald. and by UM (?)—supported by Plin.
[791]: ¹ cf. Plin. 20. 245 and 246 (not from T.): C.P. 2. 18. 2; Diosc. 3. 38; Index ἕρπυλλος.
[792]: 2 cf. Plin. 19. 172, which refers however to σισύμβριον; Nic. αρ. Athen. 15. 31.
[793]: 3 Plin. 21. 61.
[794]: ¹ Evidently both distinct from the νάρκισσος ἢ λείριον of 6. 6. 9: 6. 8 3. See Index.
[795]: ² καὶ τῶν . . . ὄρειον ins Sch. from Athen. l.c. with alteration of ὀρείων to ἀγρίων. cf. Plin. I.c.
[796]: ³ i.e. the flower of muscari, mentioned in this way because elsewhere (e.g. 7. 12. 1) the edible root is in question, which was properly called βολβός.
[797]: 4 cf. 9. 19. 3. 5 See Index.
[798]: 1 cf. C.P. 1. 4.
[799]: ² cf. the Eng. plant-name ‘love-in-absence’; see πόθος in Index.
[800]: 3 λευκὼς. ἔκλευκος, ‘whitish,’ Athen. l.c.
[801]: ⁴ Evidently the νάρκισσος ἢ λείριον of 6. 6. 9; cf. 6. 8. 1 n.
[802]: ¹ ?violets and gilliflowers; so also below.
[803]: ² Plin. l.c.: cf. C.P. 6. 18. 3.
[804]: 3 ἄνθη conj. St. from G; ἀνανθὴ Ald. cf. C.P. 6. 19. 4.
[805]: 4 Plin. 15. 37.
[806]: ¹ cf. C.P. 3. 20. 7 and 8.
[807]: 1 January. ² April. ³ Plin. 19. 117.
[808]: ⁴ τῶν χειμερινῶν: cf. 7. 1. 1.
[809]: ¹ ὥρας Vo.H.; χώρας UM; so also G.
[810]: ² τέλεια conj. W. (comm.); γε πολλὰ MSS.; τὰ πολλὰ Vo.Sch. W. (text); γίνεται conj. Sch. from G; γίνεσθαι Ald.
[811]: 3 καὶ τῇ ἀέρι . . . βραδύτερον: grammar doubtful and text perhaps defective: so given in UM; καὶ ὁ ἀὴρ περισκεπὴς
[812]: ¹ φυτεύεται αὐτὰ conj. W.; οὐ τὸ UMAld.
[813]: ² Sc. soaking.
[814]: ¹ Plin. 19. 121. cf. C.P. 1. 4. 2.
[815]: 3 δεῖ γάρ τι UP,: ἀεὶ γάρ τι Ald.H G. Set. suggests δὲ for γὰρ, missing the sense.
[816]: 4 βλαστῶν corresponds to κλωνὸς above.
[817]: ¹ πράσον conj. St.; πράσιον Ald.H.
[818]: ² διὰ τὸ μὴ conj. W.; μὴ διὰ τὸ UM(?)Ald.
[819]: ³ i.e. offset bulbs.
[820]: 4 W. omits μὲν (Ald. UM(?)) after συλλέγουσι.
[821]: 5 i.e. the plant is increased by seed only and not by offsets. cf. 7. 4. 10: Plin. 19. 103.
[822]: 6 ὁμοίως conj. Sch.: ὅμως PAld.H.(UM ?).
[823]: 7 ἐπετειόκαυλα conj. Sch.; ἐπιγειότερα PAld.H.
[824]: ¹ βλαστήσειεν conj. Sch.; βλαστήσειι Ald.
[825]: ² οὐδ᾿ εἰ τις Ald.H.; εἰ μή τις conj. Scat. supported by G.
[826]: ³ ἐκ . . . μικραὶ conj, W,; εἰς δὲ ταύτην τὴν μίαν ἡ ἀπ᾿ αὐτῆς
[827]: 1 cf. 1. 6. 6.
[828]: ² τὰ AId., cf. τὰς δὲ μικρὰς § 6: τινας conj. W. cf. Plin.19. 98 (who mistranslates).
[829]: 3 cf. 7. 6. 1; C. P. 3. 1. 4. ⁴ See Index.
[830]: ¹ After ἀνήθου Ald. H. have καὶ λαπάθου: bracketed by W. after Sch.
[831]: ² ἀποφυάδας conj. Scat.; ἀποφυλλάδας Ald.
[832]: 3 ταῦτα conj. Sch.; τὰ τοιαῦτα UM; τοιαῦτα Ald.
[833]: ⁴ Athen. 2. 79. Sch suggests that the name of a plant has dropped out after ὥσπερ: ? ἡ ἀνδράχνη.
[834]: ¹ For the collective sense of πόα (= τὰ ποώδη) cf 1. 3. 1.
[835]: ² πολὺν χρόνον conj. W., which at least gives the required sense; καλούμενος Ald.
[836]: 3 μηλινοειδὲς: cf. 6 2. 8. ?‘orange.’ 5 Plin. 19. 119.
[837]: ¹μάλιστα. . . δι᾿ missing in UMAld.Bas.; text as restored by Sch. from Cam., G and Plin. l.c.
[838]: 2 τό γε βλίτων conj. W.; τό γε πλεῖστον U; τό τε πλεῖστον Ald.
[839]: 3 ἐκκαυλεῖ: cf. 7. 1. 7: 7. 4. 3, and esp. C.P. 4. 3. 5.
[840]: 4 After ἀκολουθεῖ τῶν follows a lacuna of one and a half lines
[841]: 1 καὶ τοῖς τόποις Ald; κατὰ τοὺς τόπους conj W. cf. C.P. 5. 6. 7.
[842]: 2 ἀγγείῳ . . . λαμβάνει om. UMPAld.; διαφορὰν δὲ καὶ Cam.; τόπῳ· διαφέρειν δὲ καὶ H.; ἀγγείῳ conj. W. from C.P. 5. 6. 7; καὶ διαφορὰν conj. Sch. cf. Geop. 12. 19. 6.
[843]: 3 cf. 7. 1. 6: Geop. 12. 20. 3.
[844]: After εἶναι there is a lacuna in UMAld.; Cam. supplies γένους διαφοράν· τῶν δὲ ἀνάπαλιν πλείω γένη; H. has πλείω γένη
[845]: ¹ Diosc. 2. 112 mentions a kind called by the Romans ἀρμοράκιον. Plin. 19. 82 has armoracia and says that this was called armon in Pontus; Sch. suggests that the latter name may have given rise to both armoracia and ἀμωρέα.
[846]: ² Plin. 18. 129. cf. 19. 75; Athen. 9. 7.
[847]: 3 πηγνύναι. The verb is used of planting seeds singly; cf. 6. 6. 9: 7. 1. 2; 7. 5. 3.
[848]: ¹ Athen. 9. 9: Plin. 19. 80. ² Wild radish. See Index.
[849]: ¹ Athen. 3. 4: Plin. 19. 68.
[850]: ² Plin. 19. 101—104.
[851]: ³ Σάρδια conj. Meurs. from Plin.l.c.; γάρδια Ald.H.
[852]: ⁴ l.e. making offsets.
[853]: 5 Ἀσκαλώνια, whence Eng. shallot; though this name is applied to κ. σχιστόν. 6 τὸ add. W.
[854]: ¹ πηγνύουσι: cf. 7. 4. 3 n. The word evidently has a different sense here; cf. § 10, where πηγνύω and φυτεύω seem to be synonymous.
[855]: ² οὕτω conj. Sch. from G; τῖς ἄλλοις Ald.
[856]: ³ i.e. instead of being raised from seed. cf. what is said 7. 2. 2 of the offsets of γήθυον.
[857]: ¹ i.e. bulb: cf. 9. 11. 6. 2 cf. 7. 2. 2.
[858]: ³ Plin. 19. 111 and 112..
[859]: ¹ cf. 7. 2. 2 and 3.
[860]: ² φύσιγγος conj. Casaub. on Athen. 2. 78; σφύριγγος UM Ald. See LS φύσιγξ.
[861]: 3 καὶ τὸ κρέμυον κρόμυα conj. Sch.; καὶ τὰ κρόμμνα UMAld.
[862]: 4 Plin. 19. 156.
[863]: 1 γινόμενα τὰ γόνιμα H.; γινόμενα γόνιμα UMAld.; ? τὰ τὰ γόνιμα. Either γινόμενα or γόνιμα seems to be due to dittography. For γόνιμα cf. C. P. 1. 15. 1 : τὰς γονίμους ἀρχάς.
[864]: ² καθέψηται conj. Sch. after Plin. l.c.; καθάψηται P2Ald.
[865]: ³ ἔχῃ κόπρον conj. Dalec.; μὴ ἔχῃ κ. Ald.; μετέχη κόπρου conj. W. cf. 7. 5. 1, κύλωσιν; C. P. 3. 9. 2.
[866]: 4 Plin. 19. 183.
[867]: 1 κόπρος ἀθρός που καταλάβῃ Ald.; κόπρον ἀθρόαν πού τις Καταβάλῃ conj. W. after Sch.; κόπρον ἀθόαν conj. Scal.
[868]: 2 φιλόκοπρον δ᾿ ὂν τὸ θήριον ἀναδύεται καὶ ἐνδῦσα conj. W.; Φιλόπονον τὸ θήριον ἀναδεύεται καὶ ἐν αἰς κοιμᾶται UM Ald.; Φίλυπνον conj. R. Const., but W.’s conj. Is confirmed by Geop. l.c. The change of gender in ἐνδῦσα is strange.
[869]: 3 πρὸς τὰς ψύλλας πρόσφορον τὸ mBas.; ψύλλας πρὸς τὸ Ald. H.; πρὸς τὰς ψύλλας ἀρκεῖ τὸ conj. W.
[870]: 4 ψύλλας Ald.; καμπὰς conj. Sch. Followed by W.
[871]: 5 cf. Geop. 12. 7; Pall. 1. 35. 8; Plin. l.c.
[872]: ¹ i. e. drying-up ; cf. Plat. Tim. 85 A.
[873]: ² σκωλήκωσιν conj. Sch.; κώλυσιν Ald.; σκωλήκησιν conj. R. Const.
[874]: ³ σικυῶνι Ald.: perhaps here a general term for cucumbers, gourds, etc.; σικυῶν M; σικύῳ conj. W.
[875]: 4 Plin. 19. 185.
[876]: ¹ τραχύτερα conj Sch.; τραχύτερον Ald., which contradicts what has just been said.
[877]: ² Plin. 20. 20: Diosc. 2. 110.
[878]: ³ τελεουμένης conj. W.; τελεούμενος U; τελειούμενον P2Ald. cf. C. P. 4. 3. 5.
[879]: ¹ τι conj. Sch.; τὸ Ald. cf. 9. 1. 4.
[880]: ² ὅλως P2Bas ; ὥλως Ald.; ? ἁπλῶς W.
[881]: ³ κωνείῳ conj. Sch.; κονίᾳ Ald. cf 1. 5. 3 n.
[882]: 4 καρπὸν conj. Cornarius on Diosc. 3. 67. and Dalec.; καυλὸν UMAld. cf. Diosc. l.c.
[883]: 5 ἡμέροις H.; εἰρημένοις UMAld. cf. 7. 6. 1 n.
[884]: 6 See Index, σίκυος.
[885]: 7 i.e. which gives them a common name.
[886]: 8 εἴ τι ποιωδές ἐστιν H.; ἐγγειποιῶδες U; ἐγγειποιῶδές ἐστι M Ald.
[887]: ¹ καλεῖται conj. Sch.; ταῦτα Ald.
[888]: ² ἔνθρυσκον: Sch. conjectured ἔνθρυσκος, form corrected by L.Dindorf; ἐνουσικόν Ald.G. cf. Plin. 22. 81.
[889]: ³ Plin. 27. 142; Diosc. 2. 138.
[890]: 4 κάλυξ: cf. 8. 2. 4; 8. 4. 3.
[891]: 5 πάππον conj. W.; παγητὸν U MAld.; πώγωνα H. cf. Diosc. l. c., where Saracenus corrects καρπὸς to πάππος.
[892]: 6 τοιαύτας (sc. herbaceous) PmBas.; τοιαῦτα τὰς Ald.; τὰς αὐτὰς conj. W.
[893]: ¹ δὲ after τούτων om. W.
[894]: 2 ἀπάπης (or ἀπάτης) conj. Sch.; ἀφάκης U; ἀφάκεις MAld. cf. 7. 7. 1 n. Plin l.c., however, has aphace.
[895]: 3 ἐπίπετρον conj. Scal. from Plin. l.c.; ἐπίμετρον UMAld. G. cf. Hesych. ⁴ καυλῷ conj. Sch.: καρπῷ UMAld. G.
[896]: ¹ ἐπιγειόκαυλα conj. Cornarius; ἐπετειόκαυλα Ald H.
[897]: 2 cf. 7. 15. 1; Diosc. 4. 190 and 191; Plin. 22. 57.
[898]: ¹ ἀφύλλανθες placed after ἄνθεμον by Sch.; in Ald. placed after ἀνεμώνη. cf. 7. 14. 2; Plin. 21. 56.
[899]: ² ἀπάπη U; ἀπάτη Ald. cf. 7. 7. 1 n.
[900]: ³ cf. 1. 13. 1. and Index.