[1391]. Ap. Athen. iii. 10. Cf. Theoph. Hist. Plant. i. 8. 1.
[1392]. Aristot. de Gen. Anim. t. i.
[1393]. Suid. v. ερινεὸς. t. i. p. 1038. d.
[1394]. Cf. Tournefort, t. ii. p. 23.
[1395]. Schol. Aristoph. Acharn. 767
[1396]. Athen. iii. 7. The Laconian fig-tree was not commonly planted in Attica. Frag. Aristoph. Georg. 4. Brunck. This kind of fig requires much watering, which was found to deteriorate the flavour of other kinds. Theoph. Hist. Plant. i. 7. 1.
[1397]. Athen. iii. 8.
[1398]. Athen. iii. 9. In the fig-tree orchards of Asia Minor the spaces between the trees are sown, as in vineyards, with corn, and the bushes are often filled with nightingales.—Chandler, i. 244.
[1399]. Athen. iii. 10. There was, also, a species which received its name from resembling the crow in colour. Sch. Aristoph. Pac. 611. Philost. Icon. i. 31. p. 809, where figs are enumerated in his elegant description of the Xenia. Cf. Pausan. i. 37. Vitruv.
[1400]. Geop. x. 9. Clus. Rar. Plant. Hist. i. 4.