ENQUIRY INTO PLANTS, I. xii. 1-2 



some kinds of apples. ^ But the smells even of 

 those in this class must in all cases be called wine- 

 like, though they differ in different kinds, on which 

 matter we must speak more precisely, when we come 

 to speak of flavours,- reckoning up the different 

 kinds themselves, and stating what differences 

 there are between them, and what is the natural 

 character and property of each. 



Now the sap of the trees themselves assumes 

 different kinds of tastes as was said ; sometimes it 

 is milky,^ as that of the fig and poppy,^ some- 

 times like pitch, as in silver-fir fir and the conifers ; 

 sometimes it is insipid, as in vine |>ear and apple, 

 as well as such pot-herbs as cucumber gourd 

 lettuce ; while others'^ again have a certain pungency, 

 such as the juice of thyme and savory ; others have 

 a fragrance, such as the juices of celery dill fennel 

 and the like. To speak generally, all saps corre- 

 spond to the special character of the several trees, 

 one might almost add, to that of each plant. For 

 every plant has a certain temperament and com- 

 position of its own, which "^ plainly belongs in a 

 special sense to tiie fruits of each. And in niost of 

 these is seen a sort of correspondence with the 

 character of the plant as a wliole, which is not 

 however exact nor obvious ; it is chiefly " in the fruit- 

 cases* that it is seen, and that is why it is the 

 character of the flavour which becomes more com- 

 plete and matures into something separate and 



* I have bracketed ijBi) : ? a dittography of 01 St. 



• fi-wfp mBas.H ; tUfp MAld. 



^ aKK' fv . . . fiaWov MSS. (?) Ald.H ; yhp for 5jb conj. W,, 

 omitting stop before it. 



' i.e. the pulp : so G. c/. 1. 11. 6. 



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