ENQUIRY INTO PLANTS, I. xi. 6-xn. i 



obvious in the separation of the pomegranate seeds, 

 for the stone is attached to each, and the connexion 

 is not, as in figs, obscured by the moisture. 1 For 

 here 2 too there is a difference, although in both 

 cases the seeds are enclosed in a sort of fleshv 

 substance, as well as in the case which encloses this 

 and the other parts of the fruit. For in the pome- 

 granate the stones have this moist fleshy substance 

 enclosing each 3 separate stone ; but in the case of 

 fig-seeds, as well as in that of grape-stones and other 

 plants which have the same arrangement, the same 

 pulp is common to all. 4 However one might find 

 more such differences, and one should not ignore the 

 most important of them, namely those which specially 

 belong to the plant's natural character. 



Differences in taste. 



XII. The differences in taste, shape, and form as 

 a whole are tolerably evident to all, so that they do 

 not need explanation ; except that it should be 

 stated that 5 the case containing the fruit is never 

 right-lined in shape and never has angles. 6 Of 

 tastes some are like wine, as those of vine mul- 

 berry arid myrtle ; some are like olive-oil, as, besides 

 olive itself, bay hazel almond fir Aleppo pine silver- 

 fir ; some like honey, as fig date chestnut ; some are 

 pungent, as marjoram savory cress mustard ; some 

 are bitter, as wormwood centaury. Some also are 

 remarkably fragrant, as anise and juniper 7 ; of 

 some the smell would seem to be insipid, 8 as in 

 plums ; of others sharp, as in pomegranates and 



4 i.e. the fruit is not divided into compartments. 



5 Tt\rji> fj Toffovrov conj. W.; tr\T]v TOCTOVTOV f) UMAld. 



6 Plin. 19. 186 ; 15. 109. 7 cf. 1. 9. 4. 8 Lit. watery. 



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