ENQUIRY INTO PLANTS, VII. vi. 3 -vn. i 



everywhere. There is also a sort l of gum which 

 exudes from the plant, like myrrh, and some say that 

 it is 2 myrrh. 



' Mountain-celery ' (parsley) exhibits even greater 

 differences ; its leaf is like that of hemlock, 3 the 

 root is slender, and the fruit 4 like that of dill, but 

 smaller ; it is given in dry wine for diseases of 

 women. 



In some cases however the wild kinds are not in 

 the least like the cultivated 5 in taste and properties ; 

 thus the wild and the cultivated cucumber 6 are quite 

 different, and their resemblance 7 is due only to their 

 general look, as, among coronary plants, there is 

 resemblance between the wild and the cultivated 

 kinds of gilliflower ; for the leaves are alike. We 

 have then described the differences which these 

 plants present. 



Of other uncultivated herbs, which may be classed with pot -herbs. 



VII. Next we must speak of the differences found 

 in the herbs called ' uncultivated,' and in general in 

 any herbaceous plants 8 which are not edible. For 

 we give the name of ' pot-herbs ' to those which are 

 cultivated for our own use, but in a wider sense the 

 term includes these also ; wherefore we must speak 

 of them too. 9 Under the name ' pot-herbs ' are 

 included also 10 such plants as chicory dandelion n 

 khondrylla u cat's ear groundsel, and in general all 



9 Plin. 21. 89. 10 Kol add. Seal. 



11 otTraTTTj (or airorrj) conj. Sch. ; a^a/oj Aid. The latter is a 

 leguminous plant mentioned 8. 5. 3, etc. : for airaTrr) cf. 6. 4. 8; 

 7. 8. 3; 7. 11. 3; for spelling see notes on the last two 

 passages. 



12 x^"fy>t>A\a conj. Salm. from Plin. I.e., cf. 7. 11. 4 n. ; di'- 

 S P i>a\a Ald.G. cf. Plin. 21. 105; Diosc. 2. 133. 



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