[3192] See cc. [35] and [45] of this Book.
[3193] See B. xviii. c. 69.
[3194] In c. [35]. See also c. [45] of this Book.
[3195] From Theophrastus, Hist. Plant. B. iv. c. 16. If the terminal bud of the palm is taken off, it will mostly die.
[3196] “Decidunt.” The French use a similar word—couler. In this case the pollen, being washed off by the showers, has not the opportunity of fecundating the ovary of the flower.
[3197] The insect Ichneumon or Pupivora, probably, which breeds in the larvæ or else in the body of the caterpillar. The passage is from Theophrastus, B. iv. c. 16.
[3198] Caused probably by a maggot or moth passing from one grape or olive to another, and spinning its web in vast quantities. See Theophrastus, B. iv. c. 17.
[3199] See B. xviii. c. 74.
[3200] On the contrary, this sweet juice is secreted by the insect itself, an aphis or vine-fretter.
[3201] The north-west wind. See Horace, Sat. B. i. s. v. l. 71.