ENQUIRY INTO PLANTS, VII. vn. 1-3 



those that are called l ( chicory-like ' because of the 

 resemblance in the leaves ; for to a certain extent 

 the leaves of all these are like those of chicory ; and 

 we may add kaukalis chervil 2 green mint. Some 

 include under the name countless others, as wild 

 chervil and all plants that resemble it, and goat's 

 beard, 8 which some call home (' hair '), which has a 

 long sweet root and leaves like those of the crocus, 

 ^ut longer, and a short stem, on which is set the 

 sheath 4 ; this is large, and on the top is the large 

 mass of grey pappus, 5 from which it gets its name of 

 ' goat's beard.' 



In like manner all those may be included which 

 have a similar 6 appearance, but juices suitable for 

 food whether raw or cooked ; for some need the 

 action of fire, as malakhe (cheese-flower) beet monk's 

 rhubarb nettle and bachelor's buttons ; while garden 

 nightshade 7 is also eaten raw, and some in former 

 times 8 considered it worth growing in gardens. 

 There are also many more, including the plant 

 which has become proverbial 9 for its bitterness, blue 

 pimpernel, which has a leaf like basil. All these are 

 either annual or have annual stems ; for some of 

 them wither away altogether in one season, while of 

 others the roots persist for a longer time, and to this 

 class belong the majority. 



Some of these plants grow from roots and also 

 from seed unless in some cases they come up 



fSuSifj.os : c/. 7. 15. 4. The American 

 ' wonder-berr}'.' 



8 Trp6rfpov Aid.; *vp6Tfpov Bas. ; uvo/j.affai> conj. W. Text 

 probably defective. 



9 K^pxopos ev Xa.xo.vois is the proverb, cf. Ar. Vesp. 239, 

 Schol. ; Plin. 21. 183, ( = ' Is Saul also among the prophets? ) 



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