ENQUIRY INTO PLANTS, I. xi. 2-3 



seeds of some annuals, as wheat and millet ; and 

 in like manner some plants have their seeds in a 

 vessel, some have them naked. In a vessel are 

 those of the poppy and plants of the poppy kind ; l 

 (the case of sesame however is somewhat peculiar), 

 while many pot-herbs have their seeds naked, as 

 dill coriander 2 anise cummin fennel and many 

 others. No tree has naked seeds, but either they 

 are enclosed in flesh or in shells, 3 which are some- 

 times ..of leathery nature, as the acorn and the sweet 

 chestnut, sometimes woody, as almond and nut. 

 Moreover no tree has its seeds in a vessel, unless one 

 reckons a cone as a vessel, because it can be separated 

 from the fruits. 



The actual seeds are in some cases fleshy in them- 

 selves, as all those which resemble nuts or acorns ; 

 4 in some cases the fleshy part is contained in a stone, 

 as in olive bay and others. The seeds in some 

 plants again merely consist of a stone, 5 or at least 

 are of stone-like character, and are, as it were, 6 dry ; 

 for instance those of plants like safflower millet and 

 many pot-herbs. Most obviously of this character 

 are those of the date, 7 for they contain no cavity, 

 but are throughout dry 8 ; not but what there must 

 be even in them some moisture and warmth, as we 

 have said. 9 



5 (jLirvp-i}va [ILOVOV r\ TrvpTfjvwSr} conj. Sell. ; iv -nvprivi pAvov t) 

 Tfup^vcaSei Aid. (P has TTvprjvuibr)). 



6 i.e. no seed can really be without moisture ; cf. 1. 11. 1. 



7 cf. C.P. 5. 18. 4. 



8 -npbv I conj. , as required by the next clause ; f^opdov PAld. ; 

 f^oppov W. from Sch. conj. The germ in the date-stone is so 

 small as to be undiscoverable, whence the stone seems to be 

 homogeneous throughout, with no cavity for the germ. 



9 1. 10. 9. 



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