Theophrastus Enquiry into Plants 1.13

ed. Arthur Hort

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

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Current edition First1KGreek

Enquiry into Plants (Greek) (Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, Hort, Heinemann, 1916)

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Enquiry into Plants

1. ¹ i. e. the pulp. ² i. e. the flavour.
2. 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,
3. 1 i. e. petaloid.
4. ² ἀγρίων Ald.; αἰτίων U; ἀντιῶν MV; ποντίων conj. W.
5. ³ i. e. corolla and stamens, etc.
6. 4 i. e. are gamopetalous (or gamosepalous).
7. ¹ cf. 3. 16. 4. ² Lacuna in text; ἀνθῶν I conj.
8. ³ τάχα Ald.; τινα W. after Sch. conj.
9. 4 ἄποισ conj. Bod.; ἄγνος Ald. H.
10. 5 i. e. composites.
11. 6 σπερμάτων conj. Dalec. from G ; στομάτων Ald.
12. 7 ἄκανος conj W.; ἄκαρος UV.
13. 8 ἀκανώδη conj. W.; ἀνθώδη Ald. H. cf. 1. 10. 6; 6. 4. 4.
14. ¹ i. e. the pistil.
15. 2 i. e. as seen from above : καὶ ὅλων . . . ῥόδων describes the corolla, κάτωθεν . . . μυχώδη the undeveloped ovary, including the adherent calyx.
16. 3 ῥόδων conj. Bod.; ῥοῶν Ald.
17. 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