CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Of the differences in firs 211 



Of beech, yew, hop-hornbeam, lime 221 



Of maple and ash 227 



Of cornelian cherry, cornel, 'cedars,' medlar, thorns, 



sorb . . . . ' 233 



Of bird-cherry, elder, willow • . 243 



Of elm, poplars, alder, [semyda, bladder-senna] .... 249 



Of filbert, terebinth, box, krataigos 253 



Of certain other oaks, arbutus, andrachne, wig-tree . . 259 

 Of cork-oak, Icobitta, koloitia, and of certain other 



trees peculiar to particular localities 265 



Of the differences in various shrubs— buckthorn, withy, 



Christ's thoni, bramble, sumach, ivy, smilax, 



[spindle- tree] 269 



BOOK IV 



OF THE TREES AND PLANTS SPECIAL TO PAKTICCLAR 

 DISTRICTS AND POSITIONS 



Of the importance of position and climate 287 



Of the trees special to Egj'pt, and of the carob .... 291 



Of the trees and shrubs special to Libya 303 



Of the trees and herbs special to Asia 309 



Of the plants special to northern regions 323 



Ctf the aquatic plants of the Mediterranean 329 



Of the aquatic plants of the 'outer sea' {i.e. Atlantic, 



Persian (iulf , etc. ) 337 



Of the plants of rivers, marshes, and lakes, especially 



in Egypt 345 



C>f the plants peculiar to the lake of Orchomenos (Lake 



Copals), especially its reeds, and of reeds in general 361 



Of rushes 379 



Of the length or shortness of the life of plants, and the 



causes 383 



Of diseases and injuries done by weather conditions . . 391 

 Of the effects on trees of removing bark, head, heart- 

 wood, roots, etc. ; of various causes of death . . . 405 



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