THEOPHRASTUS 



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 Be ecrTiv el'Brj TWV ev TOVTOLS, TCL fiev BevBpa TO, B' 



conj. W.; i^fialptiv P 2 ; t^alpeiv Aid. 2 4. 5. 8. 



Tamarind. See Index App. (15). Plin. 12. 40. 

 4 ?rAV &o$/j.ov COnj. H. Steph. ; irXeiova. oS/j.ov UMAld. 

 8 T /j.tye6t Kai I conj.; *al ry fMtyeOet UMVP; /cal om. Aid. 

 6 Tamarind also. See Index App. (16). 7 i.e. leaflets. 

 8 Fic.ua laccifera. See Index App. (17). ou <pv\\oppoou(ras 

 conj. W., c/. G and Plin. I.e. ; at q>v\\oppoovaiv Ald.H. 



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