THEOPHRASTUS 



4 rep/jLii'dwv, aXXo ' ovo'ev rretpvKevai. %v\ov be 



"xpov /cat pta? ia^vpd<f Kara fi 

 l TO o\ov dv(i)\0pov' avOos Se O/JLOIOV rw 



rq> ^pca/j^an Be epvdpov. $v\\ov, rrepl 

 era fJbt<T%ov TrXet'a) SacfrvoeiSf/ Kara av^vyiav, 

 cocrrrep KOI TO r^5 ot'?;?' /cat TO e' aKpou rrepirrov 

 rjv eyycovicorepov T/}? ot'^5 /cat SatpvoeiSecrrepov 

 KVK\W Kal \iTrapov array a/xa T&> Kaprra). 

 Se Kal KcopVKwSrj riva Kol\a, Kaddrrep 7} 

 ea, eV ol? 6rjpi$ia eyyiyverat, Kwvwrroei&i]' 

 eyyuyverai 3e Tt /cal p^rivw&es eV rovrois Kal 

 yXia^pov ov jj,r]i> evOevrev <ye r) prjrivij au\\e- 

 yerac aXX' drro rov v\ov. 6 Se Kaprrbs OVK 

 dtfiurjcrt, prjrLVij 1 ? rr\r]dos, aXXa Trpo(Te%rai [lev 

 Tat? ^epal, K.CLV /JLTJ rr\v9f) fj,era rqv crv\\oyrjv 

 ffvvexerar ir\vi'6fjLevo^ $6 6 filv Xef/co? /cat 

 a7re7TT09 eViTrXet, 6 Se /zeXa? v^iararai. 



'H Se TTU^O? fieyedei fjiev ov ^eyd\r), TO Se 

 ofjioiov e'^et /Avppivw. (frverat, S' eV Tot? 

 TOTTot? /cat rpa/XGO'i' Kal yap ra Kvrwpa 

 roiovrov, ov TI TrXetcTTT/ ylverai- tyv%pb<; Be Kal 

 6 "OXf/iTro? o Ma/ceSo^t/co?' /cat 70^0 evravOa 

 yiverai, 7rXt;z> ou /j.eyd\^ neyicrrr) Se /cat /caX- 

 \io~T7) ev Kupz^ft)' /cat 7a/3 ev/MtJKet^ Kal vra^o? 

 e^oucrat TTO\V rrapd Ta? aXXa?. oY o at TO 

 /u,eXt oir^ T^Su o^o^ T^? TTV^OV. 



: sc. <pv\\a, in loose apposition to <pu\\ov. Ap- 

 parently the leaf is said to resemble that of O?TJ in its compo- 

 site structure, but that of the bay in shape : c/. 3. 12. 7. 



2 ttTrap- a^ua conj.|W. ; a^ta a7rai> UAld. 



3 c/. 2. 8. 3 ; 3. 7. 3; 3. 14. 1. KupvKuSrj conj. R. Const.; 



Aid. ; Kwpvd'Sri H. ; KapvtvSrj mBas. 



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