THEOPHRASTUS 



TO iSiov <iXX' e/9 TO av^alvov Trepl avTo 



77 f.ii> yap Trpoao^is aKav&oiSrjs e 

 avTOV, Kai TO ($>v\\oi> irapo^oiov rat? 

 I<JLV OTCLV Be T*9 d\lst]Tai TOW K\wviwv, oxnrep 

 d^avaLvofJLeva Ta <pv\\a av^TfiTT-reiv tyacrlv iTa 

 Herd TLva ^povov avaftiuxrKea'dai Tcd\iv Kai 

 6d\\eiv. Kai TO, fj.ei> iSia r^? %a)pas,. ocra 7' 



^p./r. * /I ' >' />>_// 



av cevopa Tt? tj uafj-vovs eiTroi, Ta 7 eTTKpave- 

 crTara TavT eo~Ti. irepl yap TWV ev TW 



To?9 e\eo~iv vaTepov epovp.ev, QTCLV 



a\\(t)i> evvSpcov. 



12 r/ A7ra^ra Se ev TT ^ a Ta &* v & a ra 



Kai rot9 uiceffi Kai rot? Tcazaiv ev 



elvai, \eyeTai 

 TO Tra^o?, 6 T/5i? az^Spe? ov Bvvavrtu 7repi\a/jL^u- 

 veiv. eaTt Se Kai Tp.ri6kv TO %v\oi> Ka\6v TTVKVOV 

 re yap a^oo'pa Kai TO> ^to/xart XwroerSe?.] 



III. 'E^ Ai/Bvy be 6 XCOTO? 7rXeto-T09 Kai KCL\- 

 Xicrro? /cat 6 7ra\Lovpos Kai ev TICTI fj-epeat, TT) re 

 Naora/jLtDviKr) Kai Trap 1 "A/jLfJuovt Kai aXXo<? o 

 $oivi%' ev Se Trj K.vprjvai>a KVTrdpicrcros Kai e\dai 

 re Ka\\icrTai: Kai eXaiov irkelcrTOV. 

 Se TrdvTcov TO a~i\(f)iov GTL KpoKov TTO\VV rj 

 fyepei Kai evocrfj.ov. ecrrt Se TOV \COTOV TO 

 o\ov SevSpov iStov ev/jteyedes rjKucov aVio? r; 

 eXaTTov <ftv\\ov ^e evro/jLOQ %ov Kai 

 s' TO [JLev %v\ov fj.e\av yevr) Se avTov 

 ejgovTa rot? /capTroi?* o Se 



1 ndBos : cf. 1. 1. 1 n. 



2 cf. Schol. ad Nic. Ther. 683 of a sensitive plant called 



or iffxvovffa. a.<pavcu\'6u.fra conj. Seal. ; a<pav\iv6- 

 UMVP 2 Ald. 



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