THEOPHRASTUS 



TO o\ov crTe'Xe^o? ev^fcearepov TO 8e TOV appe- 

 ro? 7roLKi\(i)Tepov /cat 7ra%VTpoi> Kal a-K\rjp6rpoi' 



KOL 7Tpi/iM1TpOV fJL(JL\\OV 6'Xft>? & <f)aV\OTepOV Tr]l> 



O-^TLV. eV e TV) KCOVM TO> yLtey TOU appevos ecrn 

 tcdpva oXi/ya eVt TOU axpov, TW 8e T?)? 

 ov&ev, ft)? ot eV Ma/ceSoi^ta? eXeyov. 

 TO (f)i>\\ov /cal eir eXarrov, 



elvai 0o\oei$Tj Kal TrapofjiOiov /j,d- 



,. "T> f/ 



\Larra Tat? iJoteoTttu? Kvveaw TTVKVOV oe OUTO>? 



Siievai J<i@' verov. 



TO Sev&pov Ka\ov Kal <yap 7; 

 t'Sta Tt?, (OdTrep eipyjrai, Trapa Ta? a'XXa? /cat 



e^ovcra' TW e fieyedet /^eya Kal TroXi) T/)? 



7 Aiatyepei Se Kal Kara TO %v\ov ov [JUKpov TO 



l /mXa/coi> 



TO Se TT)? TrevKr)s 8rt8coSe? /cat /3apv Kal 



(7K\rjporepov<; 8' 7; e'Xar?;, o-^eSot' Se 

 &)? eiTrelv (TK\i]poTepov<;, TO Se v\ov 



6'Xct)? 5e ot o^ot irvKvoTarot Ka 

 10,101 /AOVOV ov Stac^az'et? e'XaT?;? /cat 7Tu/c>;? /cat 



Se/? /cat yuaXto~Ta Sidcfropoi TOV 

 , fiaXKov e T?'}? e'XaTT;?. e'^et Se, cocrTrep 7; 

 Kal t] \dnj TO \VKOV \ovarcrov 



conj. \V. ; irKa.'TVTfpov Aid. 



2 Plin. 16. 48 and 49. 3 For the tense see Intr. p. xx. 



4 <pv\\ov, i.e. the leafy shoot. Sell, considers fyv\\ov to 

 be corrupt, and refers the following description to the cone ; 

 W. marks a lacuna after <t>v\\ov. Pliny, I.e., seems to have 

 read (}>v\\ov, but does not render /ml t-rr' (\arrov . . . Ki/i/e'ais. 

 The words /cal eV tXarrov can hardly be sound as they stand. 

 For the description of the foliage c/. 1. 10. 5. 



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