ENQUIRY INTO PLANTS, VII. xm. 8-xiv. i 



the edible inside and the outside : of it are woven 

 felt shoes and other articles of apparel. Wherefore 1 

 this kind is woolly and distinct from the Indian kind, 

 which is hairy. 



2 There are also several kinds of plants of the same 

 class as purse-tassels . . . . 3 such as snowdrop star- 

 flower opition 4 kyix, and to a certain extent Barbary 

 nut. These belong to this class only in having round 

 roots ; for in colour 5 they are white, and the bulbs 

 are not formed of scales. A peculiarity of Barbary 

 nut is that the lower end of the root grows first, and 

 this is called . . . . ; it grows 6 during winter, but, 

 when spring appears, it decreases, while the upper 

 part, which is edible, grows, Such are the differ- 

 ences in these plants. 



Of certain properties and habits peculiar to certain herbaceous 

 plants. 



XIV. There are also the' following peculiarities in 

 herbaceous plants, for instance that 7 which we find 

 in ' wet-proof (maidenhair) ; 8 the leaf does not even 

 get wet when it is watered, nor does it catch the 

 dew, 9 because the dew does not 10 rest on it ; whence its 

 name. n There are two kinds, the white ' wet-proof ' 

 (English maidenhair), and the black (maidenhair) ; 

 and both are useful to prevent the falling off of 

 the hair of the head, for which purpose they are 

 pounded up and mixed with olive-oil. They grow 



6 'Grows' supplied from G and Plin. I.e., who have no 

 trace of ft KaXovai. 



7 I have bracketed re. 8 Plin. 22. 62-65. 



9 firitipoffov conj. W. ; firi8ri\ov UP 2 MAld.; nee quicquam 

 adhaesisse humoris constat G. 



10 /^j before T V add. W. 



11 Piin. I.e.-, 27. 138; 25. 132 ? 



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