THEOPHRASTUS 



KapBiav, ol &' VTepia)vr]v' evioi Be TO eVro? 

 /jiyjTpas avrr}? KapBuav, ol Be /JLve\6v. 



Ta fLev ovv /Aopia o~%eB6v ecrrt rocravra. crvy- 

 KiraL Be ra vffrepov etc TMV irpOTepwv v\ov 

 fjiev e iVo? KOI vypou, teal evia aapfcos' ^v\ovrat 

 yap crK\ripvvo/J.ev)], olov Iv rot? (f>OLVlf;l Kal vdp- 

 KOI L TL a\\o K^u\ovrai, covTrep ai 

 v pi^ai- p-tjrpa Be e vypov Kal 



6 /jiev T? K TTCLVTWV TWV TfilWV, OLOV O 



S/3Lo? Kal alyeipov Kal UTTLOV 6 Be rfjs afJL- 

 TreXou et; vypov Kal tV6?' 6 Be rov </>eAAoO e/c 

 crapKos Kal vypov. TTU\IV Be eK TOVTWV crvvOera 

 ra f^eyicrra Kal Trpwra prjOevra KaOajrepavel 

 TT\I~IV OVK K TWV avTwv TTcivTa ovBe coaav- 

 d\\a Biafpopays. 



iXrjfjLfjievwv Be irdvrwv rwv fiopiwv co? etTrelv 

 TOVTMV Biaffropas irapareov aTroBiBovai Ka\ 

 a? o\wv TMV BevBpcov Kal (f)vra)i> oucrta?. 



III. 'Evrel Be av^alv^i GafyecrTepav elvau TIJV 

 p,dui](iLv Biaipov/.iva)v Kara etSr;, /caXw? e'^a 

 TOVTO TroLelv (/)' &v evBe^erai. Trpwra Be eari 

 Kal fjieyiara Kal (T^eBov v<j) wv irdvr rj ra 

 7r\lara Trepic^erai rdBe, BevBpov 

 yavov TToa. 



AevBpov fj,ev ovv ecrn TO UTTO pt 



1 (pt\\ov conj. H. ; <f)v\\ov UVP 2 P 3 Ald. ; (f>v\\ov M. 



2 i.e. root, stem, branch, twig : cf. 1. 1. 9. 



3 aaipsaTtpav conj. W. ; ffCKpeffTfpov Aid. 



4 elfSTj here^-yeVr;; rf. 6. 1. 2. n. 



5 TTCII/T' t] conj. Sch. after G ; wai/rrj UMVAld. 



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