THEOPHRASTUS 



\r)v~\. iBiov Be eVt TWV \a)ai>c0Btov, olov 



, TO KOL\6(j)V\\OV. 



' al Siarfropal TWV (f)v\\u>v ?/ 



17 



rj Tpa%vTr)Ti rj \eioTi)TL Kal T(O Trap- 



r 



Oi^eiv ?; /xr;. er^ Se Kara rtjv 



* ^ ' f ^ r '/3 ' N f/ ^ * -\' 



?) Ot ov TO fj,ev ouev, UTTO pi^rj^ r; K\abov 



rj /cav\ov ?} aKpefjibvos' TO &e Si ov, i] Sia [iicryov 

 rj Si avTOv Kal el ST; 7ro\\a ex TOV avTov. Kal 

 evia Kaprro(f)6pa, fJLCTa^u TrepieL\i~i^)OTa TOV Kapirov, 



At /J,ev ovv Siacfropal TWV <pvX\.a)v 

 rracrai el'prjvTai Kal a^e^ov elaiv ev TOVTOIS. 



Be TCL i^ev e iVo? Kal (f>\oiov 

 OS, olov TCL TT)? cru/cr}? Kal TTJS a^Tre\ov, Ta St 

 wcnrep et; ivo$ JJLOVOV, olov TOV Ka\dp,ov Kal (TLTOV. 

 9 TO 3e vypov tiTrdvTwv KOLVOV airtHTi yap evv- 

 7rdp%ei Kal TOVTOIS Kal rot? aXXoi? rot? eVeretofs 

 [yuicr^o? civOos KapTros el TL a\Xo]* JJLCL\\OV Be Kal 

 rot? /AT) eVeretoi?' ovBev yap avev TOVTOV. BOKCL 

 Be Kal TWV /nia^wv TO, aev e^ ivwv aovov o-vjKel- 

 aOai, Kaddrrep Ta TOV CTLTOV /cat TOV Ka\dp.ov, TCI 

 8' ex TWV avTwv, wGTrep oi Kav\oi. 



&\\ct,<v ?iv MSS. ; rajf -noiaiSui' conj. W. ^^, at all 

 events, cannot be right. 2 Plin. 19. 100. 



3 ?; CTT6I/(^T7JTt $1 KOl\6T7]Tl I SO G J T) /CO/AoT7JTt ^ ffT6)'^T7JT( 



MSS. 4 ^e. petiolate. B {.?. sessile. 



6 i.e. compound : ei 5i; conj. W. ; erSr, UMVAkl. 



7 The passage from here to the end of the chapter is a 

 digression. 



7 6 



