ENQUIRY INTO PLANTS, VIII. m. 5~iv. 2 



the other animals are affected in the opposite l way 

 to men. 



Of the differences between cereals. 



IV. There are then these differences 2 between the 

 various classes ; and as between plants of the same 

 class 3 there are plainly differences due to the unlike- 

 ness in the various parts. Thus among cereals wheat 

 as compared with barley has a narrower leaf, and 

 a smoother stem of closer texture tougher and less 

 brittle. 4 Again the seed of wheat has several 

 coats/ that of barley is naked, that plant having 

 its seeds specially naked. Also one-seeded wheat 

 rice-wheat and all such plants have their seed in 

 several coats, and above all, it may be said, is this 

 true of oats. 6 Also the ' reed ' of wheat is taller than 7 

 that of barley, and wheat has its ear less distant 

 from the ' leaf.' 



Further the husk of wheat is distinct 8 from that of 

 barley, being less dry and softer. Barley also differs 

 from wheat in this respect ; it has grains in a regular 

 row, 9 whereas those of wheat are not in a row, but 

 the ear is as it were quite simple in form. 10 



Such then are the differences as between one 

 whole kind and another. But in each of these 

 kinds again, for instance in barley and wheat, 

 there are many sub-divisions differing both in the 

 actual fruits, in the ear, and in the other characteristic 



6 Ppdpos conj. Seal, from Plin, Lc. and G ; Kp6p.os PM ; 

 Kpoicos Aid.; fip}/j.os Vin. 



7 t) conj. Sch. from Plin. I.e. and G; ical Ald.H. 



8 rSioz/ Aid.; jj5ioi> Yin.H. from G: so Sch. and W. cf 

 Col. 6. 3. 3. 



9 <TTotXi^8rjs. ? <rroix57}s : v. LS. 

 10 6/j.a^s conj. Sch.; fyaA^ UMAM. 



165 



