ENQUIRY INTO PLANTS, VI. vi. 2-3 



1 These may be divided into two groups according 

 to their uses. Of some only the flower is service- 

 able ; and of these some are sweet-scented, as 

 gilliflower, some scentless, as carnation 2 and wall- 

 flower. Of others again the branches leaves and in 

 fact the whole growth are sweet-scented, as with 

 tufted thyme calamint bergamot-mint and the rest. 

 Both groups however belong to the under-shrubs. 

 And of the first-mentioned, those valued for their 

 flowers, the growth is in most 3 cases that of under- 

 shrubs, (in some annual merely, in others of longer 

 duration) except in the violet ; for this is altogether 

 without branches, its leaves grow close to the root, 

 and it is always in leaf; while, as some say, it is 

 able to bear flowers continuously, if it is tended in a 

 certain way. This may be considered a peculiar 

 characteristic of this plant. 



Of the others, or rather of all the group, the 

 general appearance is in each case plain to all ; 

 any peculiarities that they may exhibit we must 

 mention, for instance, if 4 some appear to have but 

 a single form, while others have various forms. 



Thus 5 those of woody character, as tufted thyme 

 bergamot-mint calamint, have but one form, un- 

 less one counts wild and cultivated, scented and 

 scentless plants, as belonging to distinct forms ; 

 and again there are with these plants differences 

 of culture of position and of climate. Some also 6 

 of the group valued for their flowers 7 have each 

 but one form, for instance, the black ion (violet) ; 

 for this does not appear to have different forms 



6 tvia Se /col conj. W.; ei>ioi Se UMAld. 



7 a.vQS,v in the sense of wQittiav 2, which perhaps should 

 be read here. 



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