THEOPHRASTUS 



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1 c/. Theocr. 11. 46. Plin. 16. 145 foil. 



3 i.e. is the most ' distinct ' of the ivies. 

 * c/. 1. 10. 1; Diosc. 2. 179. 



5 i.e. as an explanation of the barrenness of hdix. 



6 i.e. and so becomes fertile. 



7 Siartivovrai : cj. C.P. 4. 6. 1. Star, rep . . . apparently 

 = " insist on the view that," . . . but the dative is strange. 

 The sentence, which is highly elliptical, is freely emended by 

 most editors. 



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