Theophrastus Enquiry into Plants 6.6

ed. Arthur Hort

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

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

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Enquiry into Plants

1. ¹ Evidently some conventional way of making a wreath.
2. ² διαλαμβανομένων ἐπαλλήλων conj. W.; διαλαμβανομένην ὑπ᾿ ἀλλήλων Ald. cf. Plat. Prot. 346 E, where the verb means ‘to punctuate.’
3. 3 κολοβοανθὴς; cf. 8. 3. 3.
4. 1 Plin. 21. 59.
5. ² So Plin. l.c.; but Nic. ap. Athen. 15. 31 calls this flower fragrant.
6. ³ πολλῶν conj. W.; πολλὰ UMAld.
7. 4 οἷον εἰ conj. W.; ὅτι Ald. 5 οὖν conj. W.; οἶον Ald.
8. ¹ cf. 6. 8. 1 n.; Diosc. 3. 102.
9. ² Plin. 21 14—21; Athen. 15. 29.
10. ³ i.e. of the bark. cf. Plin. 21. 17, scabritia corticis.
11. 4 Sc. in ‘double’ roses.
12. 5 i.e. the hip; called ὄμφαλος Arist. Probl. 12. 8, where the same statement is made; called μῆλον below, § 6.
13. ¹ διαφερόντως δὲ τοῦ κρόκου conj. Saracenus from Athen. l.c.; διαφερόντως δὴ τοῦ χρόνου Ald. cf Callim. Hymn to Apollo 83, whence it appears that an autumnal crocus (crocus sativus) is meant. See below § 10.
14. 2 ἀκανῶδες conj. Sch. from G, acanaceum; ἀνθῶδες UMAld.
15. ³ παππωδῶν conj. Sch.; πρώτων Ald.
16. 4 Plin. 21. 27.
17. ¹ cf. 2. 2. 1 n., 9. 14: C.P. 1. 4. 4—6. Plin. 21. 26 describes a method of artificially producing crimson lilies from the bulbils of a white lily. cf. Geop. 11. 20.
18. 2 cf. 6. 8. 1 and 3. See Index. cf. 7. 13. 1.
19. 4 ποώδη: cf. 4. 10. 3.