THEOPHRASTUS 



X. Ta Be (f>v\\a rwv /ne^ aXXwv bevSpajv o/ 

 irdvrwv avra eafrot?, TT}? Be \evfcrjs KOI rov 

 Kirrov Kal rov Ka\ovfjLevov Kporwvos dvofJiOLa teal 

 erepoa^tj/jLova" rd p,ev ydp via rrepi^eprj TO, Be 

 7ra\aiorepa ycovoeiBfj, Kal et? rovro 7; 

 TrdvTwv. rov Be KLTTOU avdira\iv veov 

 <y>ya)Vi(t)Tpa TrpecrftvTepov Be 7repi<f)pe(TTepa' yu-era- 

 /3d\\ei <ydp KOL ovros. L^LOV Be Kal TO rfj e\da Kal 

 T-f) <pi\vpa Kal rfj vrreXea real rfj\evKr} avf-ifBalvov 

 crTpecfyeii' yap BOKOVGIV ra vTrria /iera rpovra? Qepi- 

 vd<$, Kal Touro) <yvu>pi^ovcriv OTfyeyev^vraL TpoTrai. 

 2 Trdvra Be ra (f)V\\a Biafiepei Kara ra VTrrta Kal ra 

 irpavrf. Kal TWV /uei> d\\wv ra VTTTIU TroLwBea-repa 

 Kal \ei6repa' ra? yap iva$ Kal ra? (/>Xe/5a? ev 

 rot? TrpavecrLV eyovcriv, wcnrep i] %et/3 <ra dp9pa>- 

 T?}? B* e'Xaa? \evKorepa Kal fjrrov \ia eviore 

 Kal rd V7ma. Trdvra Br; TJ rd ye TrXetcrra e/C(f>av7] 

 X ei T< * vTTTia Kal ravra ylverai iw ?}Xt&) fyavepd. 

 Kal arpe^erai rd TroXXa TT/OO? TOV rfKLOv Bi o Kal 

 ov pdBiov eiirelv OTrorepov Trpo? rw K\MVI fiaXkbv 

 7; fjiev yap uTTT^orr;? /zaXXoz' BoKel Troielv TO 

 es, rj Be (frvcris ov% f)7~rov fiovXeraL TO VTTTIOV, 

 aXX&)9 T Kal i) dvaK\a(jLs Bid TOV i'\iov iBoi B' 



1 Plin. 16. 85. 



2 Kal rov KITTOV Kal TOV MSS. cf. Plin. I.e. Diosc. 4. 164. 

 Kal TOV Ktxtov TOV Kal conj. W. ; Galen, Lex. Hipp., gives 

 K(KIOV as a name for the root of Kporwv. cf. C.P. 2. 16. 4. 



3 i.e. not 'entire.' ' Young leaves ' = leaves of the young tree. 



4 This seems to contradict what has just been said. 



8 ra apdpa add. Sch. from Plin. 16. 88, incisuras. cf. Arist. 

 H.A. 1. 15, where Plin. (11. 274) renders apdpa incisuras. 



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