THEOPHRASTUS 



rrepl ra eA,?/ real ev (^earrpwriSi real ev aXXat? \ip.- 

 vaw e\drrcov $e read* voaros' 6 fjiev ovv eXauayvos 

 roiovrov. 



3 'H 8e (71817 rrjv fjiev jjiop(f>ijv ecrriv ofioia rfj 

 /ji/jrewvi' real yap TO dva) /evrivwSes roiovrov e^ei, 

 rr\i)v f^el^ov a><> Kara \oyov /Jieyedei Se 0X09 o 



\f f / ^-^ )' C^V^ ' ' ^ ^ \ ? / 



rrepl avrrjv \evKoi, real errl rovroL^ e^codev <j>v\\a 

 wS/; rraparrX^aia T0t9 rwv po&wv orav ev 

 > wen, rerrapa rov 





rea ov Trow /iteiovs reey^pov- rov 8e 

 nvd, KaOdrrep o TWI^ rrvpwv. 



Be rov Oepovs, /JLLCT^OV Se e%et jxaKpov. TO 

 av6os ofjioiov poSov Kci\vKi t jjLei^ov B real a"% 

 $i7r\do~Lov TW /AcyeQei. rovro fj,v ovv real TO 



drravdrjcrr) real avary TO TrepiredpTTiov, rearare\ive- 

 crdai (fracriv et9 TO vSwp ^d\\ov, TeXo9 Se avvdrrreiv 

 rfi yfj real rov reaprrov ere^elv. 



4 K.aprro(f)opiv 8e rcov ev rfj \ifivr) rovro real TO 

 {3ovro/j,ov real rov <)\eu>v. elvai Se rov (Bovrofjiov 

 /j.e\ava, rq> be /AeydOei rraparc\rj(TLOv TW T?/9 

 TOU Be 



. . . y'Saroj : sense doubtful. G. seems to render 

 a different reading. 



' 2 i.e. the flower-head, which, as well as the plant, 

 called ffiSr]. 



3 /JLTJKUVI can hardly be right : suspected by H. 



4 ef. Athen. 14. 64. 

 '' i.e. petals. 



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