ENQUIRY INTO PLANTS, I. xii. 2-xiii. i 



distinct ; in fact we must consider the one ^ as 

 ' matter,' the other - as ' form ' or specific character.^ 



Again the seeds themselves and the coats con- 

 taining them have different flavours. And, to speak 

 generally, all parts of trees and plants, as root stem 

 branch leaf fruit, have a certain relationship to the 

 character of the whole, even if* there is variation in 

 scents and tastes, so that of the parts of the same 

 plant some are fragrant and sweet to the taste, 

 while others are entirely scentless and tasteless. 



For in some plants the flowers are more fragrant 

 than the leaves, in others on the contrary it is 

 rather the leaves and twigs which are fragrant, as in 

 those used for garlands. In others again it is the 

 fruits ; in others it is neither ^ of these parts, but, in 

 some few cases, the root or some part of it. And 

 so too with the flavours. Some leaves and some 

 fruit-pulps are, and some are not good for food. 

 ^ Most peculiar is the case of the lime : the leaves 

 of this are sweet, and many animals eat them, but 

 the fruit no creature eats, (for, as to the contrary 

 case, it would not be at all surprising that the leaves 

 should not be eaten, while the fruits were eaten not 

 only by us but by other animals). But concerning 

 this and other such matters we must endeavour to 

 consider the causes on some other occasion. 



Differences in flowers. 



XIII. For the present let so much be clear, that 

 in all the parts of plants there are numerous differ- 



the pulp of fruit in general being, in Aristotelian language, 

 the 'matter,' while the flavour is 'form.' cf. C.P. 6. 6. 6. 



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* ovStrepov seems inaccurately used, as four parts have been 

 mentioned. « cf. 3 10. 5 ; Plin 16. 65. 



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