THEOPHRASTUS 



ra Be Trepl Tr]v OtTrjv KOI TOV Hapvacrbv KOI TO 

 Hij\iov Kal TIJV "Oacrav KOI TO Te\eOpiov KOI ev 



TOVTOIS B TlVeS (paCTL TT\iaTOV TT O\\a B 



ev rfj 'ApKaBia Kal ev rfj AaKcoviKrj" 

 yap KOL avrai. TMV Be cucoBcov ovSev ev 

 7T\r)V Ipis ev ri} 'IXXvpiSi Kal Trepl TOV ' 

 TavTr) yap ^p^dTrj Kal TTO\V Siatyepovaa TWI> 

 a\\ct)v aX)C ev rot? a\eeivol<? Kal rot? 

 /jLecr^/ui/Spiav waTrep avTLKel^eva Ta evctiSij. e 

 Be Kal KVTrdpiTTOv ol d\eeivol fj,a\\ov } u 

 Kp)]T7j AvKia 'Po8o9, KeSpov Be Kal TO, 

 opr) Kal TO, Qpvyia. 



Be jj/JLepov/jievcov ^KLGTCL (fracriv ev 



vTCo^eveiv Bdtyvrjv Kal fjivppivi]v, Kal 



TOVTWV Be 1]TTOV TL TTJV fJLVppiVr]V' (Tt]fJ.eiOV Be 



OTL ev TO> 'OA,^//,7ro> Bd(f)vij pev TroXX?;, 

 Be 6'Xco? OVK ecrTiv. ev Be TO> T[QVTU> 

 Trepl HavTiKciTraiov ovB' eTepov xaiTrep (TTrovBa- 

 Kal Trdvra fjn^avw^evwv TT^O? ra? lepo- 

 avKai Be 7ro\\al Kal evjieeOeis Kal 



poial Be TrepLCTKeTra^o/jievaL' aTnoi Be Kal 



Kal TravToBaTraiTaTat, Kal 

 B' eapival 7r\r)V el apa o^riai' r/)? Be 

 dyptas v\i)s ecrrt Bpvs vrreXea /jie\ia Kal oaa 

 TOiavTa' TrevKTj Be Kal e'Xar?; Kal Trtrf? OVK eaTti 



> e> \ f/- ' 5 1 ^ "^^ f V ^ N " v 



ovoe oA,a>? ovoev evoabov vypa de avTrj Kat 

 TTO\V TT}? ^IVWTTLK^, WGT ouBe 7ro\i 

 avTrj Tr\rjv TT^O? ra viraiOpia. 



1 Te\f8piov conj. Seh. (in Euboea), cf. 9. 15. 4 ; Tle\t6pioi 

 UMVP; napBeviov Ald.G. 



3 Whose rhizome was used for perfumes; cf. 1. 7. 2; dt 

 odor. 22. 23. 28. 32 ; Dykes, The Genus Iris, p. 237, gives &u 

 interesting account of the modern uses of ' orris-root.' 



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