Itaque Cretae ad Cortyniam dicitur platanus esse, quae folia hieme non amittat, itemque in Cypro, ut Theophrastus ait, una, item Subari, qui nunc Thurii dicuntur, quercus simili esse natura, quae est in oppidi conspectu; item contra atque apud nos fieri ad Elephantinen, ut neque ficus neque vites amittant folia.
Thus near Cortynia, in Crete, there is said to be a plane tree which does not shed its leaves in winter, and another in Cyprus, according to Theophrastus. Likewise at Sybaris, which is now called Thurii, there is said to be an oak tree of like character, in sight of the town; and that near Elephantine neither the fig nor the vine sheds its leaves'which is quite the opposite of what happens with us.
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