Notes on the current edition
Enquiry into Plants
1.
¹ ποπληγῇ : ἀπολήγῃ conj Sch.
2.
2 Plin. 17. 216. cf. C.P. 5. 8. 3.
3.
4 κατὰ γένη conj. W.; καὶ τὰ γένη UMV; καὶ κατὰ γένη Ald.
4.
¹ δπώδη UMV Ald : εὐώδη H., evidently from Plin. 17. 221. cf. C P. 5. 9. 4 aud 5.
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2 λοπάδα: Plin. 17. 223, patella. The ἧλος is an abortive bud, called in Italian novolo.
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3 ἡλίου καῦσις conj. Scal. from Plin l.c. veluti solis exustio : so also G ; ἡλοιαυτον U; ἧλοι αὐτὸν V; ἥλοι αὐτῶν M ; ἦλοι αὐτῶν Ald. which W. prints provisionally.
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¹ cf. C. P. 5. 9. 10: Col. 5. 9. 15.
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2 cf. 5. 4. 5: C.P. 5. 10. 5; Plin.17. 221.
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3 αὐτὴ ἡ ῥίζα I conj.; αὐτὴν τὴν ῥίζαν U; om. Ald.
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4 cf. C. P. 5. 9. 12: Plin. 17. 225.
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5 i.e. shedding of the ‘bark’ of the roots λοπᾶν conj Sch., cf. C.P. 5. 9. 9; λοτάδα Ald.H., cf. 4. 14. 3; but the word here points to a different disease.
12.
6 ὑπτία τομή seems to be a technical term for pruning in such a way that the growth of the new wood is encouraged
13.
1 Plin. 17. 227.
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2 εὐχειρωτότατον conj. W. after Lobeck; εὐχειρότατον Ald.
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³ πόνον conj. H. from G ; τόπον M VAld.
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4 This sentence is clearly out of place: the plural τούτων has nothing to refer to. cf. 4. 13. 2. It is represented how- ever by Plin. l.c.
17.
¹ cf. C.P. 5. 10. 3.
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² Tarentum : cf. C.P. l.c.
19.
³ ἀπάνθησιν conj. W.; ἄνθησιν Ald.
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Plin 17. 229—231.
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5 ὰράχιον conj. Sch. after Meurs.; ὰρίχνιον UP2,; ἀρχίχνιον MVP; ἀρχίνον Ald. cf. C.P. 5. 10.
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1 Pin. 17. 232.
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2 τῶν κατὰ τούς τόπους conj. Sch. from Plin. l.c.; τῶν καθ' αὐτὰ Ald.
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3 ἔκπηξιν conj. Scb.: ἔκπηλξιν UMP2Ald. cf. C.P. 5. 12. 2, πῆξις.
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4 cf. C.P. 5.12. 4.
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¹ Plin. 17. 233.
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2 ἐκπαγέντα conj. Sch.; ἐκπλαγέντα U; ἐκπληγέντα Ald.
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3 ἐάν γε conj. Sch.; ἐὰν δὲ U; ἐὰν π. χ. δ. γε Ald.