ENQUIRY INTO PLANTS, VII. vi. 2-3 



than in the cultivated kind, and, while in the latter 

 the attachment of the leaf is flat, in the wild kind 

 it is rounder, and the leaf itself has less angles ; in 

 other cases the wild form is the rougher l both in 

 stem and leaf. 



2 The wild turnip has a long root, like that of the 

 radish, and a short stem. 



The wild lettuce has a shorter leaf than the 

 cultivated kind, and, as the plant matures, 3 it 

 becomes spinous ; the stem is also shorter, while the 

 juice is pungent and medicinal. It grows in fields ; 

 they extract its juice at the time of wheat-harvest, 

 and it is said that it purges away dropsy and takes 

 away dimness of sight and removes ulcers 4 on the 

 eye ; for which purpose it is administered in human 

 milk. 



5 ' Horse-celery ' (alexanders) ' marsh-celery ' and 

 ' mountain-celery ' (parsley) differ both from one 

 another and from the cultivated kind ; ' marsh- celery,' 

 which grows by irrigation-ditches and in marshes, 

 has scanty leaves, 6 and is not of close habit, 7 yet it 

 somewhat resembles the cultivated kind in smell 

 taste and appearance. ' Horse-celery ' has a leaf 

 like that of the marsh kind, but is of close habit 

 and has a big stalk, and its root is as thick as a 

 radish and black ; 8 the fruit is also black, and in 

 size is larger than the seed of a vetch. They sav 

 that both kinds are serviceable in cases of strangury 

 and for those suffering from stone, being adminis- 

 tered in sweet white wine. Both kinds grow equally 9 



4 9. 9. 5 ; Plin. 20. 58 ; Diosc. 2. 136. 



6 Plin. 19. 124. 



6 fj.av6<f>v\\ov : Plin. Lc. seems to have read fj.ov6(pv\\ov. 



1 Diosc. 3. 64. 8 Diosc. 3. 67. 



9 bpoiois conj. Sch.; o^ws Aid. 



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