ENQUIRY INTO PLANTS, I. xiv. 2-3 



figs '). l Again some trees, and some plants in general, 

 produce fruit at the top, others at the sides, others in 

 both ways. But bearing fruit at the top is less 

 common in trees than in other plants, as among 

 grains in those which have an ear, among shrubby 

 plants in heath privet chaste tree and certain others, 

 and among pot-herbs in those with a bulbous 

 root. Among plants which bear both on the top 

 and at the sides are certain trees and certain pot- 

 herbs, as blite orach cabbage. I say trees, since 

 the olive does this too in a way, and they say that, 

 when it bears at the top, it is a sign of fruitfulness. 

 The date-palm too bears at the top, in a sense, but 

 this 2 tree also has its leaves and shoots at the top; 

 indeed it is in the top that its whole activity is 

 seen. Thus we must endeavour to study in the 

 light of the instances mentioned the differences seen 

 in the 3 various parts of the plant. 



General differences (affecting the whole plant). 



But there appear to be the following differences 

 which affect the plant's whole being : some are culti- 

 vated, some wild ; some fruitful, some barren ; some 

 evergreen, some deciduous, as was said, while some 

 again have no leaves at all ; some are flowering plants, 

 some flowerless; some are early, some late in producing 

 their shoots and fruits ; and there are other differences 

 similar to these. Now it may be said that 4 such 

 differences are seen in the parts, or at least that 

 particular parts are concerned in them. But the 

 special, and in a way the most important distinction 

 is one which may be seen in animals too, namely, 

 that some are of the water, some of the land. For 



4 KO.I trus TO ye roiavra, conj. Sch. ; Aral irwv TO yt ravra U ; 

 Kal TO 7 Toiavra Aid. 



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