THEOPHRASTUS 



TT\^V rd fiev eXdrrovs rd Be Tr\eiovs, KaOd- 

 irep av/crj firf\'ea KOL aVto?. a>? Be avrXco? elrreiv 

 rjKicrra crKCi)\rjKOvvrai rd Bpi/jLta fcal OTTO^T;, fcal 

 dtfrpo/BoXetrai waavrws' /J,d\\ov Be rot? veois r) 

 rols eV aKfirj rovro avfjifBaivei, r ndv r rwv &e /iaXfcrra 



TTJ T (TVKTj (COL TTJ djjL7T\(p. 



C H 8* e'Xaa TT/SO? rw Toi/9 cr/ccoX^Ka^ LCf^eiv, o't 

 Brj real Trjv (TVKrjv SiafyOeipovaiv evTLKrovres, <f>i>i 

 KOL r)\ov ol 8e /jLVfcrjra Ka\ovcriv, evioi Be 



TOVTO 



8' eviore fcdl at veai eKdat, Sid r^v VTrep/BoXrjv 



17 8e ^copa KOI o 

 K,oy\Lai crv/cfjs elcrw ov iravra^pv 8e rovro 

 rat? erf/cat?, aXV eouce Kal rd 

 yiveaOai /card rovs TOTTOU?, uxrirep rot? 

 eVel Trap' eWot? ov tyuipi&crt, KaOdirep ouSe 

 Trepl rrjv Alveiav. 



' A\i(TK6rai, oe ffVKrj pakicrra Kal o~(f)aK6\icr/jLa) 

 Kal Kpdoa). Ka\eiraL Be cr^>a;eXt(7yu.o? pev orav al 

 pi^ai fjLe\av6wGi, Kpdoos S' orav ol K\dBof Kal 

 yap KaX-ovGL rwes Kpdoovs, oOev Kal rovvo^a rfj 

 vbcrw' o 8' e/oi^eo? ovre KpaSa ovre afyaKeki^ei 

 ovre tywpia ovre o~K(i)\^Kovrai rat? pt^al? oyLtotw?' 

 ovoe &rj rd epivd rives drro(3d\\ovcriv ovS* edv 



<TVKr]v. 



? UMVAld.; tvAS-n H., evidently from Plin. 17. 221. 

 c/. O.P. 5. 9. 4 and 5. 



2 XoiraSa : Plin. 17. 223, patella. The |/\oj is an abortive 

 bud, called in Italian novolo. 



* f)\lov Kavtris conj. Seal, from Plin. I.e. veluti solis exustio : 

 SO also G; r)\otavTov U; ?i\oi avr^v V; $}Ao ai'Twi' M ; ^Aoi 

 oiv Aid. whicli W. prints provisionally. 



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