THEOPHRASTUS 



* 'Ez/ Be TO?? dva/cdv0oi<; ov/c evnv ovrcos Bia- 

 \aftelv TO?? yeveaiv rj ydp TWV (frvXXcov avw^aKia 

 /jieyeOei /cal /jt,t,/cp6rr)ri /cal o")^rifjLa(TLV ciTreipos /cal 

 daafyris' dXXa Bet TreipdcrOai, /car* d\\ov rpoTrov 

 biaipelv. TrXetco Be ecm rd yevrj rd TOVTCOV /cal 

 Bia<f>opd<; e^ovra, fjL6yd\as, olov KiaOos fj,ri\w6pov 

 GTreipaia icvewpov opiyavos 0vjjL/3pa 

 pa/co<$ Trpciffiov Kovvi^a fjie\i(jo'o- 

 (f>v\\ov erepa rotavra' jrpbs TOVTOIS en, rd 

 /cal evvevpoicavXa, /caOdjrep fidpadov 

 w vapOrj/cia vdp6r)% /cal TO /ca\,ov- 

 VTTO Tivcov /Jivotyovov /cal ocra o/jioia TOVTOIS. 

 aTravra ydp av Tt? /cal ravra /cal oXto? et n 

 vap9r)Kwe<; eari T/}? <f)pvyavi/crjs Oeirj fyvcrews. 

 II. RiBrj Be /cal Biacfropal /caO* e/caa-rov rwv 

 elal rwv /jiev (frave pcore pat, ra>v Be 

 t. Kal ydp KivOov Bvo yevrj Biaipovai, 

 TO fjiev appev TO Be 8i)\v, TW TO jj,ev fjiel^ov real 

 /cal \i7rapf*)Tepov elvat, Kal TO avOos 

 w djui^co Be o/JLoia TO?? dypioi? poBois, 



\ v 



/cat, ao(T/jLa. 



2 Auo Be eiBr) /cal rov /cvewpov 6 /juev ydp \ev/cb<i 

 6 Be yiteXa?. e%e^ Be 6 /j,ev Xeu/co? TO <f>v\\ov 



1 i.e. there is a gradation. 



a KlffQos conj. Sch.; tciffffbs Ald.H. 



3 aircipata conj. Sch. from Plin. 21. 53; o/i^pe'a Ald.G. 



4 6v/jL&pa ffQaicos conj. Sch.; Ovpfipas ^>abs UMVAld. 

 6 c/. 6. 2. 5. 



6 i>ap6iiK-jt>8r) = hollow-stemmed, evvfvpoKav\a = plants with a 

 plain unjointed stem, solid with ' immersed ' fibres. In the 



6 



