ENQUIRY IXTO PLANTS, I. xi. 2-3 



seeds of some annuals, as wheat and millet ; and 

 in like manner some plants have their seeds in a 

 vessel, some have them naked. In a vessel are 

 those of the poppy and plants of the poppy kind ; * 

 (the case of sesame however is somewhat peculiar), 

 while many pot-herbs have their seeds naked, as 

 dill coriander- anise cummin fennel and many 

 othei-s. No tree has naked seeds, but either they 

 are enclosed in flesh or in shells,' which are some- 

 times of leathery nature, as the acorn and the sweet 

 chestnut, sometimes woody, as almond and nut. 

 Moreover no tree has its seeds in a vessel, unless one 

 reckons a cone as a vessel, because it can be separated 

 from the fruits. 



The actual seeds are in some cases fleshy in them- 

 selves, as all those which resemble nuts or acorns ; 

 * in some cases the fleshy part is contained in a stone, 

 as in olive bay and others. The seeds in some 

 plants again merely consist of a stone,^ or at least 

 are of stone-like character, and are, as it were,*' dry ; 

 for instance those of plants like sattlower millet and 

 many pot-herbs. Most obviously of this character 

 are those of the date," for they contain no cavity, 

 but are throughout dry ^ ; — not but what there must 

 be even in them some moisture and warmth, as we 

 have said.^ 



* ffjLirvpTjva fxovov Jj irvp-nvuSri conj. Sell.; iv xvprjvi ix6vov ^ 

 TtvpTivdiSet Aid. (P has itvpTiviibr]}. 



* I.e. no seed can reallv be without moisture ; c/. 1. 11. 1. 

 7 (•/. a P. 5. 18. 4. 



* ^Vphy I conj. , as required by the next clause ; e^opdov PAld. ; 

 t^oppov W. from Sch. conj. The germ in the date-stone is so 

 small as to be undiscoverable, whence the stone seems to be 

 homogeneous throughout, with no cavitv for the germ. 



9 1. 10. 9. 



