37. Φαινίας δ᾽ ὁ Ἐρέσιος ὁ Ἀριστοτέλους μαθητὴς τὸν τῆς ἀγρίας συκαμίνου καρπὸν μόρον καλεῖ, ὄντα καὶ αὐτὸν γλυκύτατον καὶ ἥδιστον ὅτε πεπανθείη. γράφει δὲ οὕτως ‘τὸ μόρον τὸ βατῶδες, ξηρανθείσης τῆς σφαίρας τῆς συκαμινώδους, σπερματικὰς ἔχει τὰς διαγονάς, καθάπερ ... ὑφάλους, καὶ διαφυὰς ἔχει ψαθυρὰς καὶ εὐχύμους.’
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