THEOPHRASTUS 



, ev eviois Be u>vo/j,acr/j,evr) KaQd-rrep 

 eiprjTai. TO avro Be real ejrl TWV fatov virdp^er 

 IJiOVf] yap i] T0)v evai/juov vypoTt]^ a>v6/jLao~Tai t Si 

 o KCLI Birjp^Tai Trpbs TOVTO arep^a-eL' TO, /nev yap 

 ra S' evai/^a \eyerai. ev ri /lev ovv TOVTO 



TO fJLepOS KCLI TO TOVTW (TVVriOTl}^VOV 



B* 'tjBij eTepa TWV eWo9, a /caO* eavTa 



>/ \ c- v \ ' ' / 



ecrTiv avcovv/jia, oca oe Trjv ofJLOLOT^Ta aTcei/ca\ 

 T0t9 TWV %(*)o)i> /jLOpLois. %ov(Ti yap waTrep lva$' 

 o laTi avve^e<i /cal <ryjL<iTov fcal emfJ/rjKes, aTrapd- 

 /3\acrTov Be /cal a/3\aaTov. eTi Be </>\e/3ct?. avTai 

 Be TO, fjiev a\\a elcrlv o^oiai Trj IvL, jjLel^ovs Be /cal 

 teal Trapaft\d(JTa<$ eyovcrai /cal vypo- 



W t- '^. \ / c- \ \ \ V 



Ti %v\ov /cat, o~ap. Ta /j,ev yap ey^ei 

 crdp/ca TO, Be %v\ov. eaTi Be TO fiev %v\ov cr%io-- 

 TOV, r) Be crap TrdvTtj BiaipelTai waTrep yrj /cal 

 ocra 77}?' fj.Tai;v Be yiverai tVo? /cal ^Xe^o?' 

 % Be r) (f)i>(ns aurT;? ev aX/\oi? re /cal ev rot? 

 TrepiKapTTLMV Bep/jLacrt. <f>\oib<? Be /cal /JLijrpa 

 jjiev \eyeTai, Bel Be avTa /cal TW \6yw 

 Biopicrai. ^>Xoto9 fJ<ev ovv eVrt TO ecr^aTov /cal 

 ^wpicrTov TOV vTro/cei/jievov crw//,aT09. [Ji^Tpa Be 



TO fjLCTa^V TOV %V\OV, TpiTOV UTTO TOV (f)\OiOV oloi' 



ev T0t9 ocTTOi9 yiifeXo?. /ca\ovo~i, Be TLves TOVTO 



1 TT\flarois conj. Mold.; irpxrois Ald.H. 2 1. 1. 3. 



3 a.irapa.$\affTov conj. R. Const. ; a.irapa.B\f}Tov UMVAld. 



4 rn 8e conj. W. ; tx Aid. 6 Fibre. 

 ' i.e. can be split in one direction. 



7 e.g. an unripe walnut. 



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