THEOPHRASTUS 



ravra /ze/' ovv olov Trpocryeia TrepL ye 

 OdXaTTav. TO Be TTOVTIOV (vKos o ol 



Tre\(iyiov. 



6 Kal ev Kpjjrr) Be (pverai rrpos rfj yfj errl rwi> 

 Trerpwv Tt'Xeio'TOv Kal KaXXicrrov c5 ftaTTTOvcriv ov 

 LIOVOV ra? TCLLVICLS a\\a Kal epia Kal t/j,dna' Kal 

 eft)? av rj 7rp6cr(f)aTO<; 7; ySa<^/;, TTO\V Ka\\iwv ;/ 

 XP a 7 "^ < > 7rop(j)vpas' yiverai 8' eV TTJ Trpoaftoppw 

 Kal 7r\iov Kal Ka\\iov, coaTrep al GTroyyial Kal 



Toiavra. 



"AXXo 8' ecrrlv 6/noiov TTJ dypoocTTei' Kal yap TO 

 i'io'iov ex eL Ka ^ r *) v pi^av yova- 

 teal p.aKpav Kal TrefyvKvlav rrXayi'av, coarrep 

 fj Trjs dypwcrTiSos' e^t 8e Kal KavXov Ka\ajjLO)Stj, 

 KaOajrep 7; aypaxTTis" fJLye0i 8e e\aTTOv TTO\V 



TOV (f)VKOV<?. 



"AXXo S& TO fipvov, o (f)v\\ov fjiev e%i TrowSe? 

 ^^ Ka ^ V K dvofJLOiov Ti? OptSa- 

 pvTt$a)$e(TTepov Kal axnrep avv- 

 Kav\ov Be OVK e^ei, a\X' drro /tua? 

 dpyr)$ Tr\iay TOL TOtavTa Kal TCO\LV air a/VX?/? 1 

 (pveTaL Be errl TWV \L6wv TCL Toiavra vrpo? TTJ yf/ 

 Kal TWV ocfTpdxwv. Kal TO, fjiev eXaTTfi) 



ecrnv. 



7 'H Be Bpvs Kal 1} e'Xar?/ Trapdyetot, pev af 

 fyvovrai S' eVt \iQois Kal oaTpaKOis pt^a? fJLev OVK 

 exovo-ai, TrpocrTretyvKuiai B axTTrep ai 

 djJL^orepai yuey olov o~apKo(pvX\.a' 

 Be TO <f)v\\oi> TTO\V Kal irayvTZpov T/)<? 



1 Plin. 13. 136, cf. 32. 22 ; Diosc. 4. 99. 



* litmus ; see Index, tpvuos (5). 



s Plin. /.c. ; grass-wrack, see Index, QVKOS (G). 



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