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[10] ῾ιστορεῖ δὲ καὶ δένδρον ἐν Γαδείροις ὄζους ἔχον καμπτομένους εἰς ἔδαφος, πολλάκις δὲ φύλλα ξιφοειδῆ πηχυαῖα τὸ μῆκος, πλάτος δὲ τετραδάκτυλα. περὶ δὲ νέαν Καρχηδόνα δένδρον ἐξ ἀκάνθης φλοιὸν ἀφιέναι ἐξ οὗ ὑφάσματα γίνεται κάλλιστα. τῷ μὲν οὖν ἐν Γαδείροις καὶ ἡμεῖς οἴδαμεν ὅμοιον ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ κατὰ τὴν τῶν κλάδων κατάκαμψιν, τοῖς δὲ φύλλοις ἀνόμοιον οὐδὲ καρπὸν ἔχον: τοῦτο δ᾽ ἔχειν φησί. τὰ δ᾽ ἀκάνθινα ὑφαίνεται καὶ ἐν Καππαδοκίᾳ, φέρει δ᾽ οὐ δένδρον τὴν ἄκανθαν ἐξ ἧς ὁ φλοιός, ἀλλὰ χαμαίζηλος ἡ [p. 239] βοτάνη. τῷ δὲ δένδρῳ τῷ ἐν Γαδείροις καὶ τοῦτο προσιστόρηται ὅτι κλάδου μὲν ἀποκλωμένου γάλα ῥεῖ, ῥίζης δὲ τεμνομένης μιλτῶδες ὑγρὸν ἀναφέρεται. τοσαῦτα καὶ περὶ Γαδείρων.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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