Notes on the current edition
Enquiry into Plants
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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.
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² Whereas the metamorphoses mentioned above are inde- pendent of climatic conditions.
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3 δε conj. W.; τε Ald.
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4 κάλλιστα conj. W., cf. C.P. 3. 24. 1; τάχιστα MV Ald.; τὰ χίστα U.
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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.
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2 Plin. 16. 129; Xen. Oec. 19. 3. 2 cf. C.P. 3. 6.
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¹ ἡ before τῆς om. W. ² τε τὸ conj. W.; τό τε MVP.
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³ καὶ τῆς ἐλαίας U; ἐλάας MVP; so W.
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4 Plin. 17, 123. cf. C.P. 3. 12. 1.
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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.