INDEX OF PLANTS 



no knots ; 1. 8. 2. has less knots 

 than epii/eos; 1. 8. 5. young 

 branches 'roughest'; 1.9. 7. time 

 of shedding leaves; 1. 10. 4. 

 leaves broad; 1. 10. 5. leaf 

 divided : etc.; 1. 10. 8. leaves 

 made of ' bark ' and flesh ; 1. 11. 

 4. seeds all together in a single 

 case; 1. 11. 6. arrangement of 

 seeds; 1. 12. 1. taste of fruit; 

 1. 12. 2. taste of sap ; 1. 14. 1. 

 bears on new shoots : some- 

 times also on old wood (?); 



1. 14. 4. cultivated form of 

 epifeo? : many cultivated forms ; 



2. 1. 2. propagation; 2. 2. 4. 

 degenerates from seed: etc.; 

 2. 2. 12. cannot be made 

 out of epiveos by cultivation ; 

 2. 3. 1. sometimes changes to 

 epii/eos spontaneously ; 2. 3. 3. 

 sometimes bears fruit from be- 

 hind the leaves : other anoma- 

 lies; 2. 5. 3. grafting; 2. 5. 4 ; 

 propagation; 2. 5. 5. cuttings 

 set in a bulb of ovaAAi? ; 2. 5. 6. 

 easily propagated : trees should 

 be planted far apart ; 2. 5. 7. 

 low ground suitable ; 2. 6. 6. 

 dates said to vary as much 

 as figs in colour etc.; 2. 6. 12. 

 cuttings set upside down; 

 2. 7. 1. effects of watering ; 



2. 7. 5. use of dust; 2. 7. 6. 

 root-pruning etc.; 2.8 1. apt to 

 shed immature fruit : capriflca- 

 tion; 2.8.2-4. do. and pseudo- 

 caprification ; 3. 3. 8. sheds 

 epii/a ; 3. 4. 2. time of budding; 



3. 5. 4. autumn budding ; 3. 6. 2. 

 formation of buds; 3. 7. 3. 

 produces epiva and o\wOoi ; 

 [3. 17. 4. a local Idaean kind 

 (see below); 3. 17. 5. do. de- 

 scribed ;] 4. 2. 3. taste of fruit of 

 <r. T/ Kvn-pux comp.; 4. 4. 4. fruit 

 of T] eru/aj 'Ii/fiiKr} comp.; 4. 5. 3. 

 grows well in Pontus with shel- 

 ter ; 4. 7. 7. size of marine trees 

 of island ot'Tylos comp.; 4.13.1. 

 shorter - lived than epii/eds ; 

 4. 13. 2. short-lived ; 4. 14. 2. apt 

 to get worm-eaten : young 

 plants liable to 'sunscorch'; 



4. 14. 3. destroyed by 'worms' 



which breed in it: gets scab 

 in some regions; 4. 14. 4-5. 

 other diseases; 4. 14.8. effects 

 on fruit of rain and drought; 

 4. 14. 10. infested by Jcnips; 

 4. 14. 12. suffers most from 

 special winds ; 4. 15. 2. survives 

 stripping of bark for some time ; 

 4. 15. 2. instance of bark grow- 

 ing again; 4. 16. 1. survives 

 splitting of stem; 5. 3. 3. char- 

 acter of wood; 5. 6. 1. wood 

 strong only against a vertical 

 strain ; 5. 9. 5. wood makes 

 pungent smoke ; 5. 9. 6. wood 

 good for kindling furnaces ; 

 7. 13. 2. root of d<r$6SeA.os eaten 

 with figs. 



<rv(CTJ (2) q AiyvTTTio. (= *cepcoi/ia 

 1.11.2.), carob , Ceratonia Siliqua 



(rvKTJ (3) 17 'ISaia (fruit O-VKOV), Ame- 

 lanchier vulgaris 



3. 17. 4-5. described. 



erv/crj (4) 17 'IvSnoj, banyan, Ficus 

 bengalensis 



1. 7. 3. roots again from branches ; 

 4. 4. 4-5. described. 



o-v/cTJ (5) 17 KvTrpia, sycamore, Ficus 

 Sycamorus var. 



4. 2. 3. described. 



avK-r) (6) 17 AaKwvi/cTJ, Ficus Carica 

 var. 



2. 7. 1. water-loving; 2. 8. 1. 

 caprification not used. 



a-vKfi (7) (TJ 'Apa|3i/o?), Ficus Carica 



var.? 



4. 7. 8. an evergreen Arabian kind. 

 (O-UKT) (8) (? an alcyonidian polyp) 

 4. 6. 2. peculiar to certain waters ; 



4. 6. 9. described). 

 <r<aKos, sage, Salvia calycina 

 6. 1. 4. a spineless wild under- 

 shrub; 6. 2. 5. like cultivated 

 eAeAiV^aKos : leaf of one kind of 



irpaviov comp. 



cr<f>eV5a/Ai'os, maple, Acer monspes- 

 snlanum 



3. 3. 1. a tree of mountain and 



Klain ; 3. 3. 8 doubt whether it 

 as a flower ; 3. 4. 4. time of 

 fruiting ; 3. 6. 1. slow-grow- 

 ing (?) ; 3. 6. 5. roots shallow 

 and few according to Arcadians; 

 3. 11. 1-2. described; 5. 1. 2. 

 time of cutting timber ; 5. 1. 4. 



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