THEOPHRASTUS 



o KCL\ dtyaipova-iv avTci' K(o\vi, jap Ti]v 

 TOV (Titcvov j3\d(TTrj(7ii>. (fraal Be KOI TT}? fj.r)\eas 

 Mr?>//c>}? oaa fjitv t'%et TWV arOwv waTrep 

 rii'a 7re<pv/cviav etc fjLeaov TCLVT elvai 

 oaa Be /XT) e^et raOr' ayova. el Be K.CLI 

 ciXXov Tfi>o? ravra av^aiveL rwv avOo 

 coare ci<yovov avdo? <pveiv eire Ke^wpKjjjLevov etre 

 ;, crK7rreor. eVet yevr) ye evia KCLI d/jL7re\ov ica\ 



rov 



rj <yeve(Ti$. 



Be KOL TO <ye rr}? poas avQos TTO\V /ca\ 

 TTVKVOV Kal oXa)? 6 oyKos TrXaru? wcnrep 6 TWI* 

 KarwOev & ereOLOS- olo? S/WTO? 



KTeTpa/ji/j.evo<; 6 KVTIVOS e^wv TCI 



^ 



l Be Tives /ecu TWV 6/jioyeva)v TCL fjiev a 

 TO, &* ou, Ka9aTrep TWI> fyoivitcwv TOV /j.ev appeva 

 av9elv TOV Be drfkvv OVK avQeiv aXA,' evdv irpo- 



OV 



Ta /j,ev ovv TM <yevei Tavra TOiavTjjv Trjv Bia- 



1 i.e. the pistil. 



2 i.e. as seen from above: KO.\ o\wv . . . bo5d>t> describes the 

 corolla, Ka.To>6ev . . . ,uuxw5rj the undeveloped ovary, including 

 the adherent calyx. 



3 poSwj/ conj. Bod. ; frouv Aid. 



4 Kar&dev . . . fj.vx^'S'n I conj. ; 8' ertpoi Si' S)V is uwpbr 

 Zcrirfp fKT(Tpa/j./j.fvos K&TIVOS %x uv T ^ X f ^ r l IJ-VX'* 1 ^ 7 ! UMVAld. 

 (except that Aid. has &v(a for x 6 ^ 7 ? an( ^ ftTfrpafj.fj.fvov : so 

 also P, but e'i(TfTpau.fj.ei'os). The sentence explains incidentally 

 why the pomegranate flower was called KUTWOS (cf. 2. 6. 12 ; 

 C.r. 1. 14. 4; 2. 9. 3; 2. 9. 9; Diosc. 1. 110; Plin. 23. 11U 



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