THEOPHRASTUS 



LVOV ofj.otov /cal dvd\oyov elvai rot? rrpoarro- 

 TTTOJTOf? epwoi?. 01 Be rrepl Ma/eeSoviav ovBe 

 ravrd (paatv dvOelv apKevOov o^vrjv dpiav atyev- 

 evtot, Be ra<? dp/cevdovs Bvo elvai, /cal rrji> 

 erepav avOeiv p,ev uKapiroi' 8' elvai, T^V Be 

 erepav OVK avOelv ^ev tcapirov 8e (frepeiv 



uxnr^p KOL ra9 GVKCIS ra epivci. 



Svo 



ovv ware et vo enj TOV Kapjrov 

 IJLOVOV rovTo TWV SevSpw. ravra IJLZV ovv 



IV. f ll Be fi\dcrTr)crL<$ TWV fiev a/jia rylverai /cal 

 rjf^epwv, TWV 8e fiucpov eirih.enrofJLevTj, TWV 8' 



7r\ov, aTrdvTwv Be Kara TT]V r)pivr] 

 u\\a rwv KapirSiV 1} TrapaXXayij 7r\twv 

 Be KCU irpoTepov etTro/zei/, ov Kara Ta? 

 al Trejrdvaeis aXXa TroXu Bia(j>epovcriv eVet /cal 

 TCOV otyiKap'TTO'repayv, a Bij rives (fracriv evtauro- 

 <f)0peii>, olov ap/cevOov /cal rrplvov, oficos al /3\aa- 

 r?y<re9 rov rjpos. avra 8' aiirwv ra of^oyevr) ra> 

 rrporepov /cal vvrepov Biatfrepei, Kara TOU? TOTTOU?' 

 rrpwra [lev jap (3\aardvei ra ev rot? eXecriv, 

 ol rrepl MaKeBoviav \eyovcri, Bevrepa Be ra ev 

 TreBiois, eV^ara Be ra ev rol<; opecnv. 



Kvr&v Be rcov /ca@* e/caara BevBpcov ra p.ei> 



1 i.e.. the male flower, cf. Schol. on Ar. Vesp. 1111. 



<f)(6<pi>a.(nos Kvplws \tyei Hvrrapov TTJV TrpodvOrjaiv TTJS iriruos : 

 but no explanation of sucli a use of the word suggests itself. 

 cf. 3. 3. 8 ; 4. 8. 7. 



8 apiar conj. Suh., c/. 3. 4. 2; 3. 16. 3; 3. 17. 1 ; otfviiv a.yp(av 

 Aid. 



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