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LIBER XIII · CAPUT 14

THE TREES OF ÆTHIOPIA

THE TREES OF ÆTHIOPIA. Complete modern editorial illustration created specifically for this chapter.
THE TREES OF ÆTHIOPIA · EDITORIAL PLATE XIII.14 · modern editorial plate
THE TREES OF ÆTHIOPIA. Complete modern editorial illustration created specifically for this chapter.

Latine · Mayhoff 1906

Aethiopia Aegypto contermina insignes arbores non fere habet praeter liniferam, qualis Indorum atque Arabiae dicta est. propior tamen huic natura lanae maiorque folliculus granati modo mali, similesque et inter se arbores ipsae. praeter hanc palmae, quales retulimus. insularum arbores ambitu Aethiopiae et nemora odorata in mentione earum dicta sunt.

English · Bostock & Riley 1855–57

Æthiopia, which borders upon Egypt, has in general no remarkable trees, with the exception of the wool-bearing ones, of which we have had occasion to speak in our description of the trees of India and Arabia. However, the produce of the tree of Æthiopia bears a much stronger resemblance to wool, and the follicule is much larger, being very similar in appearance to a pomegranate; as for the trees, they are otherwise similar in every respect. Besides this tree, there are some palms, of which we have spoken already. In describing the islands along the coast of Æthiopia, we have already made mention of their trees and their odoriferous forests.