ENQUIRY INTO PLANTS, V. ix. 8 



whose sap is of an oily character; and this is 

 vliy statues are sometimes said to ' sweat ' ; for 

 the}' are made of such woods. That which seers 

 call the menses of Eileithuia/ ^ and for the appearance 

 of which they make atonement," forms on the wood 

 of the silver-fir when some moisture gathers on it : 

 the formation is round ^ in sliape, and in size about 

 as large as a pear, or a little larger or smaller. 

 Olive-wood is more apt than other woods to pro- 

 duce shoots even when lying idle or made into 

 manufactured articles ; this it often does, if it obtains 

 moisture and lies in a damp place ; thus the socket 

 of a door-' hinge ' * has been known to shoot, and 

 also an oar which was standing in damp earth in an 

 earthenware vessel.^ 



- !.e. as a portent, c/. Char. 16. 2. 



arpo-l'^vXov conj. Sch.; ffTpoYyvKiis UMVPoAkl. 

 ^ cj. 5. 6. 4 ; Plin. 16. 230. 



'" ttXivO. Ted. K(iir-i) 4v ir-qXq) COllj. Spr. ; TrKivdn'OV TiOtXs Tjj 

 Kii-TTv irn\6s PoAlil.H, 



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