ENQUIRY INTO PLANTS, IV. x. 6-xi. i 



root is not jointed. We have enlarged on these 

 matters 1 because of the resemblance.) 



The willow and the reed (not however the reed 

 used for pipes) galingale bulrush phleos sedge 

 grow both on land and in the water, water-lily only 

 in the water. (As to bulrush indeed there is a 

 difference of opinion.) However they say that those 

 plants which grow in the water are always finer and 

 larger than those that grow in both positions ; also 

 that some of these plants grow also on the floating 

 islands, 2 for instance galingale sedge and phleos ; 

 thus all parts of the lake contain these plants. 



Of the plants of the lake the parts good for food 

 are as follows : of the water-lily both the flower 3 and 

 the leaves are good for sheep, the young shoots for 

 pigs, and the fruit for men. Of phleos galingale 

 and sedge the part next the roots is tender, and is 

 mostly eaten by children. The root of phleos is the 

 only part which is edible by cattle. When there is 

 a drought and there is no water from overhead, 4 all 

 the plants of the lake are dried up, but especially 

 the reed ; of this it remains to speak, since we have 

 said almost enough about the rest. 



XI. 5 Of the reed there are said to be two kinds, 

 the one used for making pipes and the other kind. 

 For that of the latter there is only one kind, though 

 individual plants differ in being strong and stout, or 

 on the other hand slender and weak. The strong 

 stout one they call the ' stake-reed,' the other the 

 ' weaving reed.' The latter they say grows on the 



4 K t>a\ T]V UMVAld. ; for the case cf. Xen. Hell. 7. 2. 8 

 :md 11 ; K60aAT?j conj. W. 

 6 Plin. 16. 168 and 169. 

 6 Kal iraxvTriTi add. Dalec. from G. 



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