INDEX OF PLANTS 



core hard and close ; 4. 4. 6. de- 

 scribed : two kinds distinguished 

 (see below) ; 5. 0. 1. wood very 

 close and heavy, especially the 

 core ; 5. 3. 2. colour of wood of 

 Te'pfxn/00? comp. : wood of an 

 unnamed tree (see App. (20)) 

 comp. to a variegated e. ; 5.4.2. 

 wood proof against decay; 

 9. 20. 4. colour and medicinal 

 use of wood. 



ej8eV>j (2), Diospyros melanoxylon 

 t 4. 4. 6. a kind with inferior wood. 



eiAerias, 866 KaAa/uio? 6 eiAeria? 

 eKTOjuof TO ju.eXa^.TroSiof see eAAe/Sopos 6 

 jtxe'Aa? 



eAaa, olive, Olea Europea 

 1.3.1. a typical 'tree'; 1.5.4. 

 wood easily broken, not split: 

 wood has many knots ; 1. 5. 5. 

 wood easily broken, because 

 tough and not of straight grain ; 

 1. 6. 2. core not conspicuous; 



1. 6. 3. roots both stout and 

 thin; 1. 6. 4. roots branching; 

 etc. : shallow rooting ; roots 

 crooked; etc.; 1. 8. 2. has less 

 knots than KOTU/OS ; 1.8. 6. liable 

 to excrescences; etc.; 1. 9. 3. 

 evergreen; 1. 10. 1. leaves in- 

 verted in summer ; 1.10.2. colour 

 of leaves; 1. 10. 4. leaves nar- 

 row; 1. 10. 7. leaf-stalk short; 

 etc.; 1. 11. 1. seed enveloped in 

 flesh and stone; 1. 11. 3. fleshy 

 seed in a stone; 1. 11. 4. effect 

 on fruit of rich feeding; 1. 12. 1. 

 taste of fruit; 1. 13. 2. flower 

 consists of one ' leaf ' only partly 

 divided; 1. 13. 3. flower sur- 

 rounds fruit; etc; 1.14. 1. bears 

 on last year's wood; 1. 14. 2. 

 bears fruit both on top and at 

 side ; 1. 14. 4. a cultivated form 

 of KOTIVOS; 2. 1. 2. propagation ; 

 2. 1. 4. do.; 2. 2. 5. seed produces 

 wild form; 2. 2. 12. cannot be 

 made out of KOTIVOS by cultiva- 

 tion ; 2. 3. 1. sometimes changes 

 to KOTii/os spontaneously ; etc.; 



2. 5. 3. grafting ; 2. 5. 4. propa- 

 gation ; 2. 5. 6. do.: trees should 

 be planted far apart; 2. 5. 7. 

 low ground suitable; 2. 7. 2. 

 peeds much pruning : 2. 7. 3. 



requires pungent manure and 

 much water; 3. 2. 1. produces 

 less fruit than KOTIVOS but ripens 

 more ; 3. 12. 2. flower and fruit 



Of 0T)Av*paveia COmp.; 3. 17. 5. 



size of fruit of O-VKTJ 17 'iSaia comp.; 

 4. 2. 8. common in Thebaid; 

 4. 2. 9. character in Thebaid; 

 4. 3. 1. grows and bears well in 

 Cyrenaica; 4. 4. 1. (?) distribu- 

 tion in Asia; 4. 7. 2. leaf and 

 fruit of eAaa (3) comp.; 4. 7. 4. 

 size of fruit of unnamed Arabian 

 tree comp. (see App. (126)); 

 4. 13. 1. shorter-lived than 

 KOTLVOS ; 4. 13. 2. story of a very 

 old tree at Athens; 4. 13. 5. ex- 

 planation of longevity ; 4.14.2. 

 diseases ; 4. 14. 8. effect of rain 

 on fruiting; 4. 14. 9. specially 

 apt to shed fruit at Taras; 



4. 14. 10. other diseases : effect 

 of hot winds; 4. 4. 11. suffers 

 much from special winds ; 4.16.1. 

 improved by lopping branches ; 

 5.3.3. character of wood; 5.3.7. 

 images made from the root; 



5. 4. 2. wood proof against de- 

 cay ; 5. 4. 4. wood not eaten by 

 teredon ; 5. 5. 2. core not 

 obvious: wherefore wood not 

 apt to 'draw'; 5. 5. 3. core not 

 obvious but exists ; 5. 6. 1. wood 

 apt to split under pressure; 

 5. 9. 6. wood good for kindling 

 furnaces ; 5. 9. 7. wood not suit- 

 able for fire-sticks : reason ; 



5. 9. 8. articles made of the 

 wood have been known to pro- 

 duce shoots: instances; 6. 2. 1. 

 leaf of Kvewpo? 6 AevKo? comp.; 



6. 2. 4. will not grow more than 

 a short distance from the sea; 

 8. 2. 8. abundant in Melos; 

 9. 18. 5. fruit of O^vyovov comp. 



to /Spvof Of e. : fruit Of appevoyo- 



vov comp. to undeveloped olive. 

 A<ia (2), Olea cuspidata 

 4. 4. 11. Indian (in hill-country 



only). 



'lAaa' (3) (= 6a<J>}(6) = App. (14)), 

 white mangrove, Avicennia offi,- 

 cinalis 



4. 7. 1. grows in ' Eed Sea ' ; 4.7.2. 

 described. 



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