THEOPHRASTUS 



v ^ v "A 'v ' \ v / 



be TO, pev a\\a rravTa' Trepi be trea? 

 Kal alyelpov KOI Trre/Vea?, wa-rrep e\e^0}), B(.a/j,<picr- 

 eviot, Be TIJV aiyeipov /j,6vijv atcapjrelv 

 , wo"7rep Kal ol ev 'ApKaBia, TO, Se dX\.a 

 ra ev rot? opecri Kaprrofyopelv. ev K/??^^ 

 Se KOI airyeipoi KapTTifioi TrXetou? eltrL' f^ia /^tv ev 



TO) (TTOjjiifp rov dvrpov TOV ev rfj "iSy, ev w ra 



dvuKLrat, a\\rj Be /Mfcpa 7T\t]crLOV 

 Be po^iara BwBefca (rraStou? irepi TIVCL 

 Kpijwrjv ^avpcv Ka\ov/J,evr)v 7ro\\ai. elcri Be KOL 

 ev TO) 7r\r](Tiov opei TT}? "18^? ev TM KivBpiw 

 Ka\ovp,evM KOI Trepi Ylpaicriav Be ev rot? opecnv. 



Ol B {AOVOV TO)V TOLOVTWV T1JV 7TTe\eaV 



elvai (fracri, KaOuTrep ol Trepi MafceBoviav. 

 Be Biacfropa TT^O? Kapirov KCLI a 

 i] TWV TOTTWV (frvcris, WGTrep eTri Te TT)? 7re/3crea? 

 Kal TWV fyoiviKwv rj JAW ev AlyvTTTM tcapTro- 

 <popei /cal el TTOV TWV TrXvjcriov roTrcov, ev 'PoBfo Be 

 pe^pi TOV dvOelv fj.6i'ov dcfriKveiTai. 6 Be (>oivi 

 Trepi /aev Ba{3v\)va OavpacrTos, ev Trj 'FAXaS^ Be 

 ovBe Tre-naivei, Trap 1 erioi? Be 6'Xco9 ovSe Trpofyaivet, 

 KapTrov. 



'O/Aota)9 Be Kal erepa TrXetw rotaur' ecrTiv errel 

 l TWV eXaTTovwv iroapiwv Kal v\rifjidTwv ev 



1 2. 2. 10. 



2 c/. 2. 2. 10. It appears that the buds of the poplar were 

 mistaken for fruit (Sch.); c/. Diosc. 1. 81. Later writers 

 perpetuated the error by calling them KOKKOI. 



3 rov Iv rfi "iSy conj. Sch.; rov tv ry 'iSy U; TOV iv r<j> ''i 

 MV ; iv TT) V l5j? Ald.H. 



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