Theophrastus Enquiry into Plants 2.8

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

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Enquiry into Plants

1. ¹ The operation being performed at the base of the tree. cf. § 7. 2 ἐκπέττειν conj. R. Const.; εἰσπίττειν UMAld.
2. 3 Plin. 17. 252.
3. 4 τὸ πανταχόθεν conj. W,; πανταχόθεν τὸ MSS.; so ap- parently G. cf. C.P. 2. 14. 4.
4. 5 πεψαι conj. Sch.; πέμψαι Ald.
5. 6 ἐκεῖ κρεμαννυμένων ἐρινῶν I conj.; ἐκεῖ κρεμαννυμένων Ald.: ἐπικρεμαμένων ἐρινῶν conj. W.: but the present partic. is used C.P. 2. 9. 5.
6. ¹ cf. 8. 2. 11.
7. ² ψυχρότερα καὶ πλείω conj. Sch.; τεχνοτέρα καὶ πλείων MV Ald.; τεχοότερα καὶ πλείω U.
8. ³ πρωῒα conj. Sch. from G; πρῶτα Ald.H.
9. 4 Plin. 17. 255 and 256.
10. ¹ ὁπότ᾿ ἂν . . . πολύς conj. W. from G, cum ropiose fructi- fcat; ὁπόταν αἰγίπυρος πόλος MSS. adds καὶ before ὁπόταν.
11. 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