Theophrastus Enquiry into Plants 9.7.3

ed. Arthur Hort

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[3] Οἷς μὲν οὖν εἰς τὰ ἀρώματα χρῶνται σχεδὸν τάδς ἐστί· κασία κινάμωμον καρδάμωμον νάρδος ναῖρον βάλσαμον ἀσπάλαθος στύραξ ἶρις νάρτη ¹²³⁴⁵ κόστος πάνακες κρόκος σμύρνα κύπειρον σχοῖνος κάλαμος ἀμάρακον λωτὸς ἄννητος. τούτων δὲ τὰ μὲν ῥίζαι τὰ δὲ φλοιοὶ τὰ δὲ κλῶνες τὰ δὲ ξύλα τὰ δὲ σπέρματα τὰ δὲ δάκρυα τὰ δὲ ἄνθη. καὶ τὰ μὲν πολλαχοῦ γίνεται, τὰ δὲ περιττότατα καὶ εὐοδμότατα πάντα ἐκ τῆς Ἀσίας καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἀλεεινῶν τόπων. ἐκ γὰρ αὐτῆς Εὐρώπης οὐδέν ἐστιν ἔξω τῆς ἴριδος.

Enquiry into Plants. Theophrastus. ed. Arthur Hort. United States. 2017.

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Enquiry into Plants

1. 1 οὐκ ὄζουσι conj. Guilandinus, cf. CP. 6. 14. 8; οὐ δοκοῦσι P2Ald. H.

2. 2 cf. C.P. 6.18. 1. τῶν ἄλλων: sc. καλάμων καὶ σχίνων.

3. 3 τροσφερομέναις ναυσὶ πρὸς conj. Scal.; προσφ. εἶναι πρὸς P2 Ald.

4. 4 cf. 9. 9. 2 n. ‘The plant,’ i.e. one of the plants so called.

5. 5 Plin. 12. 135; cf. 13. 18.

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