THEOPHRASTUS 



afcapTra Be Kal Kapirifjia Kal dvdocfropa KOL 

 irapa rou? roTrof? KOI TOV depa TOV 

 rov avTOV Be TpoTrov real <f)v\Xo/36\a KOI dei- 

 <j)V\\a. Trepl yap ^JX-e^avrivr^v ovBe ra? a/XTreXou? 

 ovBe ra? o-f/ca? CL<JI c/jfXXo/SoXeu'. 



'AXX' oyua)? TOLCLVTO, BtaipeTeov e^a yap TI TT}? 



KOIVOV 6JLoiw<? eV 8e^Soot? KOI avoi^ KOI 



rot? pwyaviKos KOI Troicoecnv >7rep MV KCU ra? 

 orai/ Tt? XC^T; 7re/}I irdvTwv KOivfi &]Kov OTI 



Be 



teal raura? KOIVCLS elvcu Trdvrwv. a/jia & KOL 

 fyalverai Tiva e^etv ^VCTLK^V Biafiopav ev0v$ eV) 

 TWV aypicov real TWV rj/jiepwv, eiTrep evta firj Svva- 

 rai ,r)V wcnrep TCL yecopyovfjieva jj,r)B' oXw? Several 

 a\\a %etp&> ylverai,, KaOaTrep e\drtj 

 Ki]\a(TT pov KOL a7T\ft)5 oaa i/rin^joL'? TOTTOU? 

 KOI %iova)Beis, axrauTco? Be /cat TWV typwyavi- 

 KWV /cal TTOiwBwv, olov KaTnrapis fcal $6/3/^09. 

 rffjiepov Be KOI aypiov Bifcaiov icdXelv avatyepovra 

 TT/oo? re ravra Kal 6'Xco? TT/JO? TO rj/jiepcorarov [o 

 8' avOpwrros i] fiovov i] /jid\i(TTa rmepovJ] 



IV. <bavepal Be KOL rear aura? ra? yw,o/?(^a? a/ 

 Bia<popal TWV o\o)v re /cal fiopiwv, olov Xeyro 



Kal avavBri conj. Sch. from G ; Kapir6<popa &v6r] 

 P 2 Ald. 2 r/. 1. 9. 5 ; Plin. 16. 81. 



3 roiaCro 'COnj. W. ; SiaipeTfov conj. Sch.; rots OUTO?S 

 alpfTfov Aid. The sense seems to be : Though these 

 ' secondary ' distinctions are not entirely satisfactory, yet 

 (if \ve look to the causes of different characters), they are 

 indispensable, since they are due to causes which affect all 

 the four classes of our 'primary' distinction. 



4 i.e. we must take the extreme cases. 



8 i.e. plants which entirely refuse cultivation. 



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