[901]: 4 ἐκφύει τι καὶ MSS.; ἐκφύει φύλλον τε καὶ W.
[902]: 1 cf. 1. 13. 1.
[903]: ² οὐδὲν . . . ἀνθῶν add. ScaI. from G (κερωσμένων δὲ ἀνθικῷ πολλαὶ U MAld.): ἀνθινῷ for ἀνθικῷ conj. W., who also added τῶν ἀνθῶν. See LS. ἀνθινός.
[904]: ¹ καὶ conj. W.; ἢ AId.
[905]: 2 τῷ βρωτοὺς εἶναι καὶ ἐγχύλους ἐνίοις conj. W.; τὸ βρωτὰ εἶναι καὶ καυλοὸς εἶναι Ald. H, Text probably defective.
[906]: ¹ οὐδ᾿ conj. W.; οὔθ᾿ Ald. ² Reference not discoverable.
[907]: 3 ἀπάπην conj. W.; ἀφάκην UMAld. cf. 7. 7. 1 n.
[908]: 4 κρόκος conj. Sch. (adding ὁ); ἦρος U (corrected); κρος M; om. Ald.; τὸ κρόκον mBas.
[909]: 5 καὶ θερινὰ seems to have dropped out.
[910]: 6 διὰ τὸ κατὰ μέρος ἀνθεῖν conj. W.; καὶ τῶν κατὰ μέρος ἀνθέων Ald.
[911]: ¹ i. e. to fix the date of the beginning and end of the cycle of the plant’s life.
[912]: 2 αὐτοῦ τούτου: ? the plant itself. αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἔτους conj. Sch.
[913]: 3 i. e. according as the seed ripened last year or this year. In this rather obscure section I follow W. ’s explanations.
[914]: 4 Plin. 21. 100.
[915]: ¹ i.e. spicate.
[916]: ² σκανδικώδη: i.e. umbellate. One would expect κιχοριώδη. to correspond with § 3; but the three classes mentioned seem to be merely ‘samples’ of classification: of the three only one (τὰ σταχυώδη) is described below, and other classes are added.
[917]: 3 μονοφυῆ I conj.: i.e. those which have a scape: cf. 2. 6. 9; C.P. 1. 1. 3. μυόφαα U; μυοφῶα MAld.; om. G.
[918]: ¹ ἐλάττους conj. Scal.; θάττους UMAld.
[919]: ² Plin. 21. 88. ³ τὸ conj. Sch.; τὴν Ald.
[920]: 4 Meaning not obvious; σκληροῦ is perhaps corrupt.
[921]: 5 ὑποχοιρὶς conj. Scal.; ὑποχώρησις UMAld. cf. 7. 7. 1 n.
[922]: 6 οὐχ ὥσπερ: an adjective has perhaps dropped out between these words; ? πικρὰ (amara Plin. l.c.).
[923]: ¹ cf. 7. 11. 2 ad fin. ² Plin. 19. 93 and 94.
[924]: 3 μορφαῖς: cf. 8. 4. 2. 4 7. 9. 4.
[925]: 5 The legends about Epimenides suggest that the ‘use’ was possibly in magic: cf. what is said of σκίλλα 7. 13, 4. cf. Plin. l.c.
[926]: ¹ συντιθέντες: sense doubtful. Sch. and W. mark the word as corrupt.
[927]: ² cf. 9. 20. 3; Plin. 24. 142; Diosc. 2. 166.
[928]: ¹ ἐκπίπτει conj. W.; ἐκπίπτων Ald.
[929]: 2 ἄνθησιν conj. Scal.; ἄναυσιν corr. to αὔανσιν U; ἄναυσιν M; αὔανσιν Ald.: floret per partes G.
[930]: ¹ αἰγίλωπα conj. Sch. from Plin. 21. 103; γίλωπα UMAld.
[931]: ² εὐθὺ προωθῶν conj W.; εὐθυπρόωρον Ald. H. cf. Plin. 21. 66, where however the statement is transferred to the crocus.
[932]: ¹ τίφυον Ald., cf. C.P. 1. 10. 5; τ᾿ ἴφυον conj. W,; iphyum G Bas.Par. ψφ. 6. 6. 11. ² add. Sch.
[933]: ³ ἐπὶ conj. H.; περὶ UMAld. 4 W. adds ἂν.
[934]: 5 αὐτὴ: se. apart from offsets.
[935]: 6 μικρὰ conj. Sch.; σὐ μικρὰ Ald.
[936]: ¹ δι᾿ καὶ ἐρ. τοῦτο: text probably defective. ? δι᾿ ὃ καὶ ἐριῶδες τοῦτο: ‘wherefore this woolly kind is serviceable, which the Indian hairy kind is not.’
[937]: ² Plin. 19. 95.
[938]: 3 καὶ ἐλάττω· ταῦτα δὲ: text corrupt and defective.
[939]: ⁴ ὀπιτίων H.; ὁ πιτίων Ald.; pithyon Plin. l.c.; ὀπιτίων and κυϊξ were possibly earth-nuts.
[940]: 5 γε coni. Sch ; τε Aid
[941]: ¹ i.e. the white kind. Sch. followed by G adds τὸ καὶ τριχομανὲς καλούμενον after τὸ μὲν λευκὸν above.
[942]: ¹ οἷον conj. W: διὸ Ald.
[943]: ² ἁλιπέδοις conj. Sch.; ἀληπέδοις U; ἁληπέδοις M; ἀλοπέδοις AId. cf. Xen. Hell. 2. 4. 30.
[944]: ³ τε after τοῖς add. W. after Lobeck.
[945]: 4 e.g. λωτός and μελίλωτος. See Index, λωτός.
[946]: 5 μελίλωτος conj. Bod.; μελίας σῖτος Ald.
[947]: ¹ τῶν before ποιωδῶν om. Sch.
[948]: ² Plin. 18. 48—80.
[949]: ³ ἔλυμος: μελίνη appears to be the Attic name for this plant. Sch. would restore it for ἔλυμος here and 4. 4. 10; 8. 11. 1.
[950]: ¹ A cultural variety of ζειά. cf. 8. 9. 2.
[951]: 2 τῶν δέ γε Ald.; γε om. Sch.
[952]: 3 ὦχρος conj. W.; κέγχρος Ald.: om. G. cf. 8. 3. 1 and 2.
[953]: 4 cf. 8. 11. 8.
[954]: ¹ ἔνια conj. W.: ἐν Ald.
[955]: 2 The reason is given C.P. 4. 8. 2.
[956]: 3 cf. 7. 1. 4.
[957]: ¹ ὡς προειργ. Ald. H.; ὡς om. Sch. from G. 2 cf. 8. 8. 2.
[958]: ³ ὥσπερ conj. Scal.; πάντα Ald. (? repeated by mistake). cf. C. P. 4. 7. 4.
[959]: ¹ Bαλάνῳ : διοσβαλάνῳ Sch. from mBod.
[960]: ² τισι τῶν δένδρων conj. W.; σιτώδεσιν UMAld.; τοῖς δενδρικοῖς conj. Sch. This and W. ᾿s other conjectures in this section are rather desperate, but are accepted provisionally as at least restoring a satisfactory sense. The passage looks as if it had been deliberately tampered with by someone who misunderstood it.
[961]: ¹ Plin. 18. 52. ² Plin. 18. 56.
[962]: 3 cf. 7. 7. 1 ; 8. 4. 3.
[963]: ¹ μέλινοι Ald, H,; ἔλυμοι Vo. Vin. cf. 8. 1. 1 n.
[964]: ¹ τριακοντάχοα conj. Sch. ; τριάκοντα χοὰς Ald.
[965]: 2 C. P. 4. 11. 8.
[966]: ¹ i. e. and so in part account for the difference. εἴη τῆς ὥρας conj Sch.; ᾖ τῆς χώρας MP; εἴη τῆς χώρας Ald. H.
[967]: 2 i. e. we cannot say how far the difference is due to climate without knowing whether the seed-time at either place is the same.
[968]: ¹ Plin. 18. 58. ² i. e. ‘summer crops ’: cf. 8. 1. 1.
[969]: ³ Sc. but not jointed. W. suggests that the original text may have been τῶν δὲ διόλου κοῖλος οἷον ὁ τοῦ κυάμου.
[970]: 4 μελίνον Ald. H.: ἐλύμον V: ἐλύμου Vin. cf. 8. 1. 1; 8. 1. 6.
[971]: 5 add St.: om. Ald. H.G. 1. 13. 1 (?)
[972]: 7 χνοώδη. No rendering seems quite satisfactory : the
[973]: ¹ μελίνου Ald. H.; ἐλύμου Vo. Vin. cf. 8. 3. 2 and reff.
[974]: ³ cf. 8. 3. 3. n. Plin. 18. 53.
[975]: 4 ἀπόχυσις conj. Sch. from G; ἀπόφυσις P2Ald. cf. 4. 4. 10, ἀποχεῖται; 8. 10. 4; C. P. 3. 21. 5.
[976]: 5 τὸ δ᾿ ὅλον : ? τὰ δ᾿ οἷον.
[977]: 1 cf. 7. 4. 9.
[978]: ² Xteν ιαφοωρας UMM add τὰ ὁμοιογενῆ, Aid. τὰ μή ὁμοιογενῆ: om. Sch. and W. after G.
[979]: 3 ὁμογενῆ conj Sch.; ἡμοιογεν6 U MAid. . 8. 3. 1.
[980]: 4 δυσθλαστότερον conj. Scat. from G, ruptu diicidiorem; δυσαλθατότερον UMAld.
[981]: 5 Plin. 18. 61. πολύλοπον conj. Salm.; πολύλοβον Aid.
[982]: ¹ Explained below, 8. 4. 4 : cf. 8. 4. 3.
[983]: 2 πάθεσι : cf. 1. 1. 1 n. ³ Plin. 18. 78.
[984]: 4 πλεῖστον δ᾿ ἑξάστοιχον, καὶ γὰρ τοιοῦτο conj. W.; πλεῖστον ἑξάστοιχον τοιοῦτον U M ; πλεῖσται καὶ ἑξάστιχοι· καὶ γὰ τοιοῦτον Ald. H.
[985]: ¹ στλεγγύς. Sir W. Thiselton-Dyer conjectures σίλιγνις : 2 cf. Plin. 18. 184, LS. σιλίγνιον.
[986]: ² cf. Geop. 3. 3. 11. ³ i. e. colour, size, etc.
[987]: 4 μικροὶ add. W. to correspond to εὐαυξεῖς (conj. Sch.; εὐαξεῖς Ald.).
[988]: ¹ ὁμοίως . . . καταβάλλουσιν bracketed by Sch. as a gloss.
[989]: ² But cf. 8. 8. 3. cf. Diosc 4. 116.
[990]: ⁴ i.e. when it gets into the bread.
[991]: 5 cf. Plin. 18. 156; Diosc. 2. 100.
[992]: 6 ὅσον ἐπιβάλλει : cf. Arist. Pol. 1. 13. 8.
[993]: ¹ ἀδιάφρακτα conj. Scal. from G, non intersepta; διάφρακτα Ald. H. cf. 1. 11. 5.
[994]: ³ διαπεφραγμένα conj Sch.; λεῖα πεφραγμένα Ald. H.
[995]: 4 cf. 3. 18. 13.
[996]: ¹ αὐταρκεῖν Ald.; ἀνταρκεῖν U.
[997]: ² ἐπισινῆς conj. Dalec.; ἐπινὴς UMAld.; obnoxia G.
[998]: ³ i.e. after the rains.
[999]: ¹ ἂν λαμβάνοι conj Sch.; ἀναλαμβάνοι Ald. H.
[1000]: 2 κόπρισις conj. Sch.; κόπρησις Ald.
[1001]: 3 cf. C. P. 3. 20. 7. 4 cf. C. P. 3. 20. 5.
[1002]: 5 πάντα μὲν οὖν M ; ταῦτα μὲν Ald. H.; ταῦτα μὲν οὖν conj. Sch. followed by W.
[1003]: 6 κελεύουσιν conj. W.; καὶ ὅλως Ald. H.
[1004]: 7 κινουμέναις conj. Sch (cf. C. P. 3. 21. 4, ἡ διὰ χρόνου γεωρ· γουμένη γῆ); κενουμέναις UAld ; καινουμένοις Vin.
[1005]: ¹ σφακελίζοντες; cf. 4. 14. 4.
[1006]: ² ὁ πυρρὸς τοῦ λευκοῦ conj. Scal. from G and Plin. 18. 124; ὁ λευκὸς τοῦ πυροῦ UAld ; ὁ λ. τ. πυρροῦ H.; ὁ λ. τ. πυρὸς M.
[1007]: 3 cf. C. P. 3. 22. 3.
[1008]: 4 δεῖται conj. Sch.; δεῖσθαι Ald. H.
[1009]: 1 Plin 18. 149 and 150: cf. C. P. 4. 5. 2.
[1010]: 2 πόα : ? grasses; cf. 8. 6. 1.
[1011]: 3 πειρῶνται γάρ τινες H.; ἀπειρῶνται· αἰτιῶνται γάρ τινες U; ἂ πειρῶνται· αἰτιῶνται γάρ τινες PM : so also Ald. Bas. Cam. with mark of corruption.
[1012]: 4 εὐθὺς γὰρ τοῦ conj. Sch.; εὐθὺς τὸ τοῦ Ald.
[1013]: ¹ Lit. ‘does not make fallow land.' cf. C. P. 4. 8. 3.
[1014]: 2 ὡς καρπιζόμενον Ι conj. after W. (καρπιζόμενον τὴν γῆν); καρπῦς U; καρπὸς M ; καρπὸν Ald. cf. C. P. l. c. and 4. 8. 1 ; 4. 8. 3 : μὴ καρπί ζεσθαι τὴν γῆν ἀλλὰ νειὸν ποιεῖν (? 〈νέοις〉) καρποῖς, ‘for fresh crops.'
[1015]: ³ δὲ conj. W.; γε Ald. ⁴ cf. C. P. 4. 8. 3.
[1016]: 5 ἡ ἀρίστη νειὸς conj. W. (cf. 8. 9. 1; C. P. 4. 8. 1); χειρίστη νήπιος U; χειρίστην νήπιος ΜP; καλλίστη νειὸς Ald. cf. also C. P. 3. 20. 7.
[1017]: ¹ ἰλὺν conj. Sch. from Plin. 18. 12: ὕλην Ald. H.
[1018]: ² Text perhaps defective : cf. Plin. l.c.
[1019]: ¹ τούτων conj. Sch.; τούτους Ald. H.
[1020]: ² cf. Lewis and Short s. υ. agna.
[1021]: ³ C. P. l.c. gives the reason.
[1022]: 4 τοσαυταχῶς conj. Scal.; τοσαυταχεῖς Ald. H.
[1023]: ¹ cf. Col. 2. 2. 13. The reference is perhaps to fern grown for litter, or possibly for medicinal use. cf. 9. 20. 5.
[1024]: ² χώρας conj Sch.; ὥρας Ald. ³ ἃ conj. Dalec.; ἂν Ald.
[1025]: 4 ψυχεινῶν conj. W.; ψυχικῶν UM; ψυχρῶν Ald.
[1026]: 5 ἀποχεῖται conj. Sch., cf. ἀπόχυσις 8. 3. 4; ἀποκεῖται Ald. cf. 4. 4. 10.
[1027]: ¹ κατὰ add. W. cf. 2. 4. 1.
[1028]: ² τινα conj W.; τε P; τῷ Ald.; τὸ H. Vin. Vo. cf. 2. 2 6.
[1029]: 3 ζειά conj. Scal.: ὕεα Ald. H. 4 2. 4. 1.
[1030]: ¹ ἄλλην τινα conj. Sch.; ἄλλης τινα U; ἄλλην Ald.
[1031]: 2 τῷ add. Sch.
[1032]: 3 πλεκτάναις conj. W.; πλεκτᾶνες U; πλεκτάνης M; πλεκτάνην Ald.; veluti brachiis G.
[1033]: ⁴ Plin. 19. 176, who however calls this αἱμόδωρον. See Index App. (26).
[1034]: ¹ cf. 2. 4. 2; C.P. 4. 12; Plin. 18. 155, who makes ateramum, teramum plants.
[1035]: ² πλεοναχῶς· πολλαχοῦ I conj.; πλέον· πολλαχῶς MSS,
[1036]: ³ ποτὲ δὲ ἀτεράμονα add. H. from G.
[1037]: 4 cf. P. 4. 12. 8; Plut. Quaest. Conu. 7. 2. 3; Plin. l.c.
[1038]: 1 cf. C.P. 4. 12. 1. 2 cf. C. P. 4. 8. 3.
[1039]: 3 Plin. 18. 120; Varro 1. 23. 3; Col. 2. 10. 7.
[1040]: 4 8. 7. 2.
[1041]: 5 i.e. dig in the bean plants if the soil is poor, before the pods are formed enough to make it worth while to gather the beans. So Varro l.c. 6 Cited by Galen.
[1042]: ¹ ἥ τε ζειὰ καὶ ἡ τίφη add. W, from Galen.
[1043]: ² ὁ δ᾿ conj. Scal.; ὅ τ᾿ Ald.H.; ἥ τ᾿ UMP.
[1044]: ³ καίτοι conj W.; καὶ Ald. cf. C.P. 4. 15. 1.
[1045]: ⁴ τὰ add. St. 5 8. 3. 5 ad fin.
[1046]: 5 καὶ τὰ Ald.; καὶ οἱ τὰ UMP: ? καὶ αὖ τὰ W.
[1047]: ¹ Plin. 18. 154.
[1048]: ² ἐρυσιβᾷ conj. W.; ἐρυσίβαι Ald.; εἰς add. Sch.
[1049]: ³ τὰ add. Sch. 4 cf. C. P. 3. 22. 2.
[1050]: 5 ἐρυσιβᾷ conj. Sch.; ἐρυσίβαι Ald
[1051]: 6 cf. C.P. 4. 13. 4: Plin. 18. 151.
[1052]: 7 μέγαλα conj. Sch.; μεγάλη UMAld.
[1053]: ¹ αὐτὸς: sc. the grain. ἀυαίνεται conj. W,; ? αὐαίνεται αὐτὸς.
[1054]: θάτερον conj. Sch.; θατέρου Ald.
[1055]: 3 cf. C. P. 3. 22. 3. ὤχροις conj. St.: ὄχροις Ald.H.
[1056]: 4 καθάπερ καὶ conj. Sch.; καὶ καθάπερ Ald.
[1057]: 5 πάντα conj. W.; τὰ Ald.
[1058]: ¹ εὖ conj. W.; οὐ Ald. ² σήπεται add. W.
[1059]: ³ cf. 8. 8. 6; C. P. 5. 18. 2. ⁴ θᾶττον add. W.
[1060]: 5 καὶ ὁ κον. . . . ἀκονιάτοις conj. W., cf. C.P. 4. 16. 1; ὁ κονιορτώδης καὶ ὁ κονίορτος· καὶ ὁ ἐν τοῖς κονιορτοῖς ἐν ἅπασιν, οἷον κονιάτοις ἢ ἀκονιάτοις Ald.; so also UM, but omitting τοῖς; U gives κονιατοῖς; ἢ ὁ ἀκονίορθος for καὶ ὁ κονίορτος mBas. cf. Plin 18. 301, Varro 1. 57. 1, where the use of a cement of pounded marble is recommended.
[1061]: 6 δὴ φθειρομένοις conj. Sch.; διαφθειρομένοις UMAld.
[1062]: ¹ ἢ λιποσαρκεῖν conj. H.; ἡλίκα σωρῶν U; ἡλίκα σαρκῶν Μ. W. brackets as due to a gloss. cf. C. P. 4. 13. 6.
[1063]: ² ὅταν ὑσθεὶς conj. Scal.: so Vo.; ὁ τανυσθείς Bas. Cam. θερισθῇ conj. W.; περιφυῇ MSS.
[1064]: ¹ cf. C.P. 5. 18. 3; for millet-seed see J.H.S. vol. xxxv. part i. p. 22.
[1065]: ² διαπαττομένη conj. H.; διαπλαττομένη UMAld.; διακοπτομένη P,. cf. Plin 18. 305.
[1066]: ³ παραπάττουσι conj. Sch., cf. Geop. 2. 21. 3; (ἐμπάσσιν); παρατάττουσι UMAld. cf. Varro 1. 57. 1.
[1067]: ¹ καὶ conj. Sch..: ἢ Ald.H.
[1068]: 2 cf. 8. 1. 3. 3 cf. C.P. 4. 7. 3.
[1069]: ⁴ ὑπαροῦντες conj. H.; ὑπαποροῦντες, UMAld. cf. C.P.3.20. 8.
[1070]: ¹ cf. C.P. 6. 11. 16.
[1071]: ² 1 have omitted ἡ and restored δὲ before ἔχει (om. Scal.; found in UMAld.).
[1072]: 3 τῷ κενταυρίῳ conj. Scal. cf. Plin. 25. 32; κεντανρίδι conj. St.: κευτηρίᾳ P.Ald.G, cf. 9. 8. 7.
[1073]: ¹ κωρύκῳ conj. Sch.; ἀγγείῳ H.; ἀγείω P2,Ald. probably a gloss on κωρύκῳ, for which cf. 2. 8. 3 and reff. in note. Plin. l.c. has preserved the right word through an absurd blunder —in Coryco monte Ciliciae.
[1074]: ¹ ἐξ αὐτῆς conj. Scal.: cf. Plin. 19. 162, where smyrnium is given as a synonym; ἐν αὐτοῖς Ald.
[1075]: 2. cf. 2. 2. 1; 6. 6. 8; C. P. 1. 4. 6.
[1076]: 3 9. 1. 3. 4 cf. C.P. 6. 11. 15.
[1077]: ¹ cf. 6. 3. 2: C.P. 6. 11. 16.
[1078]: ² σίλφιον conj. St.; σιλφίου UM; σιλφιολέγοντες PAld.
[1079]: ¹ πιττοκαυτεῖσθαι conj. Sch., cf. 9. 3. 4; πιττοκαυθίσαι U; πιττωθεῖσαι Ald. ² 3. 2. 6.
[1080]: 3 δὲ conj. W.: καὶ Ald.H. 3.12. 3.
[1081]: 4 μὴ conj. W.; γε Ald.H.; γε μὴ Cod.Casaub.Vin.; γε μὴν Vo. (τὴν ἄκαρπον mBas.). cf. 3. 9. 2.
[1082]: 5 Plin. 16. 59.
[1083]: 1 Plin. 16. 60.
[1084]: ² εὐωδεστέραν H.; εὐκρινωδεστέραν UMAld.; ? εὐκρινεστέραν καὶ εὐωδεστέραν W. cf 3. 9. 2.
[1085]: 3 Plin. l.c.
[1086]: ¹ i.e. and so this kind of wood at least is replaced by fresh growth. ² Plin. 16. 57.
[1087]: 3 τῆς ἐπιρροῆς γινομένης ἐνδᾳδοῦσθαι conj. W.; τὴν ἐπιρροὴν γινομένην ἔνδᾳδον Ald.; τῆς ἐπιρροῆς γινομένης ἔνδᾳδον γίνεσθαι conj. Sch.
[1088]: ¹ ἐδαφίσωσι: cf. 9. 4. 4.
[1089]: ² cf. 5 9, where however the ‘pit’ is not described.
[1090]: ³ γίνεσθι δὲ. Something seems to have dropped out at the beginning of this clause. ? “ and they say that the pile at largest is 180”. . . .: so Sch. supplying μεγίστη after ᾖ. The omitted words might also throw light on the preceding sentence.
[1091]: ¹ ἐκπελεκῶντας conj. W.; ἐκπλέκοντες U; ἐκπλέοντες M; ἐκ πλήττοντες Ald.
[1092]: ² The sense given to περιπεποιημένον is unexampled, and the word may be corrupt.
[1093]: ¹ Plin. 12. 55 and 56. ² Plin. 12. 67.
[1094]: 3 ἔχειν conj. Sch.: ἔχει P2,Ald.
[1095]: 4 λιβανωτοῦ δαφνοειδὲς καὶ λειόφλοιον δ᾿ εἶναι conj. Sch.; λιβάνου τοῦ δαφνοειδὲς καὶ λειόφυλλον δ᾿ εἶναι UM; λιβάνου δαφνοειδὲς
[1096]: 1 πραθῆναι conj. Sch. from G; πρασθῆναι U; προσθῖναι P2 Ald.
[1097]: ¹ Plin. 12. 66 and 67. ² Plin. 12. 53.
[1098]: ³ πλακώδη: lit. ‘with a crust’; so W., but the word does not seem to occur elsewhere in this sense.
[1099]: ⁴ cf. 9. 4. 2.
[1100]: ¹ Plin. 15. 57; cf. 16. 135.
[1101]: ² δ᾿ ἔχει conj W.; διΐεται P2Ald; om. H.
[1102]: ³ θεραπείας add. Sch. from G; οὐδεμιᾶς τυγχάνειν UMAld.; οὐ μιᾶς τυγχάνειν P2. But there is no sign of a lacuna in the MSS., and οὐδεμίας is probably corrupt, as W. suggests. οὐδὲ θερ. is inconsistent with 9. 4. 2.
[1103]: 4 πλείων conj. W.; ἡδίων P2Ald.
[1104]: ¹ Plin. 12. 85-94.
[1105]: ² A similar tale is told of frankincense by Herodotus (3. 107), who has an equally surprising tale about cinnamon (3. 111).
[1106]: ¹ νεόδορον conj. Sch.; νεόδερον P2Ald. ² Plin. 12 111—123.
[1107]: ³ εὐῶδες . . . τοῦτο P2Ald.; εὐώδη . . . τοῦτον W. after Sch.’ s conj. But the clause begins without a conjunction, and some
[1108]: ¹ του Ι conj.; τοῦ MSS, G’s rendering shews that the explanation of the ‘different reason’ (i.e. to strengthen the tree) has dropped out of our texts. ² γὰρ add. Sch.
[1109]: 1 οὐκ ὄζουσι conj. Guilandinus, cf. CP. 6. 14. 8; οὐ δοκοῦσι P2Ald. H.
[1110]: 2 cf. C.P. 6.18. 1. τῶν ἄλλων: sc. καλάμων καὶ σχίνων.
[1111]: 3 τροσφερομέναις ναυσὶ πρὸς conj. Scal.; προσφ. εἶναι πρὸς P2 Ald.
[1112]: 4 cf. 9. 9. 2 n. ‘The plant,’ i.e. one of the plants so called.
[1113]: 5 Plin. 12. 135; cf. 13. 18.
[1114]: ¹ cf. C.P. 6. 14. 8; 6. 18. 12; Plin. 21. 40.
[1115]: ² See Index App. (25).
[1116]: ¹ From this point to 9. 19. 4, γίνεσθαι, the text is repeated in U, with considerable variations, as a tenth book. Ald. also repeats the first few lines of this passage (down to end of § 1) as a fragment of a tenth book. The two Medicean MSS also repeat 9. 8. 1, τῶν δὲ ῥιζῶν, down to 9. 10. 3, βέλτιστοι δὲ καὶ οἷς, as part of a tenth book. The ‘tenth book’ readings in each case are distinguished by a *.
[1117]: ²ῥιζῶν: ῥίζα signifies a medicinal plant in general (cf. ῥιζότομοι) as well as ‘root’; the double sense makes translation of this section awkward: I print it ‘root’ where it has the wider sense.
[1118]: ¹ cf. Diosc. 2. 136; Plin. 20. 58.
[1119]: 2 cf. Dinosc. 3. 7.
[1120]: 3 ῥᾴω conj. Sch.: ῥαιο U; ῥᾳδίως M*Ald.
[1121]: ¹ ἔτι. δὲ ὅσα conj. Sch. from G; ἔτι δ᾿ ὡς U*; ἔτι δὲ ὡς Ald. H; ἐστι δὲ ὡς M*.
[1122]: ¹ Plin. 25 69 adds that this plant was therefore also called τρίορχις. cf. Diose 4. 162.
[1123]: ² καὶ . . . αἰτίας U*M*; ? καὶ ἄλλα δὲ τοιαῦτα W.
[1124]: 3 Plin. 25. 30 and 31.
[1125]: ¹ ἐάνπερ ἐγγὺς ἐπιγένηται conj. W.; ἐὰν δὲ ὁ ἐγγὺς μὴ ἀποτέμνῃ ὁ αἐτὸς ἀποθνήσκει ἐνιαυτῷ UMAld. Similar confusion with variations in U*M*PP2: restoration a makeshift. cf. Plin. 25. 50. ² 9 8. 1.
[1126]: ³ Diosc. 4. 75; Plin. 26. 104 and 121.
[1127]: 4 cf. 9. 12. 1.
[1128]: ¹ ἐκπυήσεις conj. Coraës from Plin. 26. 120, eruptiones; ἐκπνεύσεις M*Ald.
[1129]: ² Diosc. 2. 164; Plin. 25. 133; 26. 149.
[1130]: 3 cf. Plin. 23. 63.
[1131]: ¹ ὅτι γὰρ conj. W.; ὅσα γὰρ UU*M*; τὰ γὰρ M; τὸ γὰρ Ald.
[1132]: ² Diosc. 4. 153; Plin. 13. 124. ³ Diosc. 4. 175.
[1133]: ¹ Which were held apparently at Thermopylae regularly in autumn and sometimes in spring: the meeting would give opportunities for sale. ἀλλὰ implies a spring meeting.
[1134]: ¹ From this phrase ἔκτομον came to be used as a synonym for‘black hellebore.’ cf. Plin. 25. 47; Diosc. 4. 149; Hesych. and Galen, Lex. Hipp. s. v.
[1135]: ² 9. 9. 2. 3 Plin. 25 32; 26. 139.
[1136]: 4 μικρὰν conj. H. from Plin. 25. 32. radix varra; μακρὰν U* Ald.
[1137]: ¹ κεφαλαίας conj. Sch.; κεφαλῆς Ald.
[1138]: 2 τῶν ἑλκῶν conj. Sch.; τῶν δὲ ἑλκώδῶν (sic) U*; τῶν ἑλκωδῶν Ald. H. cf. § 3.
[1139]: 3 Plin. 25. 32: Diosc. 3. 48.
[1140]: 4 δίκραν ἢ τρίκραν conj. Sch.; δίκραν ἢ τρίκαν UM; δικρανῆ πικρὰν U*; δικρανῆ ἢ τρικρανῆ Ald.
[1141]: ¹ cf. 7. 15. 4, where a third στρύχνος is mentioned, which is ὁμώνυμος, not συνώνυμος, i.e. which has nothing in common with these two στρύχνοι except the name. of. also 9. 15. 5.
[1142]: ² κρόκου conj. Dalec. from Diosc. 4. 72, καρπὸν. . . κροκίζοντα; κόκκου MSS.
[1143]: 3 πυγμὴν μέγα U; πυθμὴν μέγας U*Ald. H.; W. adopts Bod. ’s conjecture σπιθαμὴν μέγα.
[1144]: 4 Plin. 21. 177–179; Diosc. 4. 73.
[1145]: 5 θρύορον Ald.H.; θρυόρον U*; βρυόρον U; βρύορον MmBas.;
[1146]: 1 Plin. 26. 68.
[1147]: ² κόκκινον conj. W.; κόκκος MSS. cf. Plin. l.c. ramis rubentibus. ³ Diosc. 4. 164; Plin. 26. 62—65.
[1148]: 4 οὕτς ὡς δεῖ χρ. conj. Sch.; οὕτως ὡς δὴ χρ. U*; οὕτως χρ. Ald
[1149]: ¹ Diosc. 3. 74; Plin 19. 187.
[1150]: ² cf. Plin. 24. 99 and 101.
[1151]: 3 cf. 7. 6. 2; 9. 9. 5.
[1152]: 4 ὅπουπερ ἐρείκη conj. Dalec. etc. from Diosc. l.c.; ὅπουπερ εἴρηται Ald.H.; ὁπότε ἐρείκη U*.
[1153]: 1 cf. 9. 9. 1.
[1154]: 2 cf. Pseudo-Diosc. 4. 175 and Index.
[1155]: 3 κανοειδῆ conj. Sch.; κονοειδῆ U*; κωνοειδῆ mP; ὁμοίαν ἀκονῶ PAld.
[1156]: 4 δὲ after τὴν om. Sch.; ?τινα κεφαλὴν W.
[1157]: ¹ ὥσπερ κεράτιον conj. W.; ὥσπερ κέρας UM; ὥσπερ τῶν κερατίων U*Ald.
[1158]: ² Diosc. l.c.; Plin. 19. 167—169.
[1159]: ³ Diosc. 4. 66; Plin. 20. 207, cf. 19. 21.
[1160]: ¹ Diosc 3. 5; Plin. 25. 82.
[1161]: ² γλυκεῖαν: γλυκύρριζαν conj. Dalec., whence ‘liquorice.’ cf. Plin. 11. 284.
[1162]: ³ cf. Plin, l.c., who took ἱππακή to be a plant.
[1163]: ¹ These words shew that § 3 is out of place.
[1164]: ² cf. C P. 6. 4. 5.
[1165]: 3 ἡ conj Sch.; αἱ U*Ald.
[1166]: ⁴ ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις τοῖς W. from U*. ? a gloss on μέταλλα. τὰ μετ. τὰ ἐν Θ. Ald. H.
[1167]: 5 Plin. 25. 139.
[1168]: ¹ cf. the mediaeval doctrine of ‘signatures.’
[1169]: ² Diosc. 4. 186.
[1170]: 3 τις οὐ conj. Sch.; τις ὡς Ald.; τίς UM; τίς ὥς U*.
[1171]: 4 Plin. 27. 143. cf. 9. 8. 7. 6 cf 9. 20. 3.
[1172]: 7 ἄπληκτος : ? by worms. cf. ἄκοπος.
[1173]: 1 Plin. 27. 143.
[1174]: ² i. e. not engendered in the root.
[1175]: ³ A beetle? cf. Arist. H. A. 5. 8.
[1176]: 4 This section is omitted in U*. Plin. 27. 144.
[1177]: ¹ Od. 4. 221 foll.
[1178]: ² ὧν δὴ conj. Sch.; ωἱ δὴ U*; ἐν οἷς δὴ PAld.
[1179]: ¹ Ι omit ταῦτα. . . κοινόν as apparently out of place and a duplicate of the last sentence of § 8.
[1180]: ² Plin. 25. 94; cf. 4. 5. 2. ³ Plin 25. 110.
[1181]: ¹ Plin. 25. 30–33. ² κατὰ conj. St.; καὶ Ald. H.
[1182]: 3 Plin. 25. 151.
[1183]: 4 Σοῦσα: cf. 9. 16. 8; Λοῦσα (a town in Arcadia) conj. Sch. (usually Λοῦσοι), the other places mentioned being all in
[1184]: ¹ ἐκβάλλει conj. Sch.; ἐκβάλλειν Ald.
[1185]: 2 Plin. 25. 93.
[1186]: 3 νάρθηκι ἢ conj. Sch.; ναρθηκίδη ἢ U; ναρθηκίδι ἢ M; νάρθηκι καὶ Ald.
[1187]: ¹ ὀροδάμνων: this word seems to occur only here in T.
[1188]: ² Diosc. 4. 76 and 77; Plin. 27. 9 and 10.
[1189]: 3 καρίδι conj. W; καρίαι U; καρύα AId. cf. Diosc. l.c.
[1190]: 4 cf. 9. 8. 1.
[1191]: 5 Plin. 6. 4, portus Acone veneno aconito dirus. Butin 27. 10. he apparently did not recognise Ἀκόναις as a proper name,
[1192]: ¹ i.e. no herb having that effect.
[1193]: 2 ἑτέρων conj. Sch.; ἕτερόν τι φύεσθαι UAld. H.; ἕτερόν τι φυόμενον conj. W. G seems to have had a fuller text.
[1194]: ³ ἀλλὰ τοὺς ἐγχ. UM; ἀλλά τινες τοῖς ἐνεγκαμένοις βοήθειαι εὕρηνται· τοὺς γὰρ ἐγχ. Ald. H., which the indicative εὕρηνται shews to be a gloss.
[1195]: 4 τοῦ ἐφημέρου U; τὰ ἐφ᾿ ἡμέρον M; καὶ τὸ ἐφήμερον Ald. The passage about ἐφήμερον, which interrupts the account of ἀκόνιτον, is confused, and the text probably defective; translation a makeshift. The sense of εἰ μὴ . . . ὡς δεῖ being perhaps irrecoverable, the connexion of what follows is obscured. W. gives up the passage.
[1196]: ¹ οὖν add. W.
[1197]: ² ἀολουθεῖν κατὰ conj. W.; ἀκοόειν εἶναι κατὰ Ald. H.; ἀκουεῖν εἶναι καὶ M.
[1198]: ¹ δυσκατέργαστον: cf. C.P. 1 14. 4.
[1199]: 2 διαττήσαντες conj. Hoffmann from G; διαπτήσαντες Ald. H.; διηθήσαντες U*mP.
[1200]: ¹ This story is quoted by Apollonius, Hist. Mirab. 50.
[1201]: ¹ cf. Pin. 27. 45.
[1202]: 2 ὑλήματα: here a general term for shrubs and under-shrubs. cf. 9. 20. 6.
[1203]: 3 Diosc. 3. 146; plin. 20. 84.
[1204]: ¹ σκορπίῳ conj. W.; σκορπίου Ald.
[1205]: ² 18. 3, λέγω δὲ σωματικῶν. . . 18. 11 (the account of the phyancal effects) is here omitted.
[1206]: 3 9. 11. 6.
[1207]: ¹ ἀπιθανώτερα conj. Scat. after G: so also Cod Cas. Vin. Vo.; πιθανώτερα U*; πιθανότερα Ald.
[1208]: ² τριπόλιον UMU*Ald.; G from Plin. 21. 44 has polium. It may be observed that τριπόλιον can hardly have occurred in a hexameter. Hesych., however, gives τρισπόλιον as the name
[1209]: ¹ ἀφ᾿ conj. Sch.; ἐφ᾿ U*P; Ald. omits the preposition.
[1210]: ² Cited by Athen. 2. 73; cf. Diosc. 2. 159.
[1211]: 3 Plin. 27. 70.
[1212]: ¹ cf. 9. 15. 5. cf. 9. 15. 8. n.
[1213]: 3 cf. 9.14.1; Diosc. 4. 181–183; Plin. 23. 19 and 21.
[1214]: 4 cf. 7.12.2; Diosc. 2. 167. cf. Plin. 24. 89.
[1215]: 5 Diosc. 4. 153; Plin. 13. 125 and 126.
[1216]: ¹ cf. 9. 13. 3. ² καὶ μάλιστα conj. W.; μάλιστα καὶ Ald.
[1217]: ³ αὕτη conj. Scat.; αὐτὴ Ald.