THEOPHRASTUS 



e'f d/cpov Be a-^i^erai teal e%i Tivds ov 

 /cav\ov<$' evTavOa Be TO re av6os 

 teal 6 Kapirbs. e%* be /cal dvOos /cat /capjrbv 

 real ev TO? 7rapa/cav\iovori Si o\ov, /caOdirep 

 TO dvrjOov. e7rTi6/cav\ov Be, /cal rj (B\daTti- 



CTt? TOV 77/909 TTpWTOV fJiV TWV (f)V\\COV 7TLTa 



TOV /cav\ov, KaOajrep TWV a\\a>v. piav 

 (SaOelav, eari Be /Aovoppi^ov. 6 fjiev ovv 



TMV 8' d\\a)V ra fiev o/juoiorepa TOVTW TOV 

 icavXov e%6i <KOI\OV>, KdOaTcep o /JiavBpayopas KOI 

 TO KO)Viov /cat 6 e'XXe/30/oo? /cal 6 dvOepucos' ra 

 & olov evvvp6/cav\a Tvy^dvei, KaOdirep pdpaOov 



/HVO(f)6vOV TO, OfJLOia TOUTOi?. lSlO<> $6 6 KapTTOS TOV 



/jLavBpayopov TW ytteXa? T Kal paya>Sr]s /cal olvwBrjs 

 elvai T& XV/JLW. 



III. MeYtcrrai Be /cal IBtwTaTai (frvaei,? TJ re 

 TOV (7L\<piov /cal rj TOV irairvpov ev AlyvTTTy 

 vapO^/ccoB'T) yap /cal raOra ecrTiv virep wv TOV 

 fjiev iraTTvpov TrpoTepov elTCOfiev ev rot? evvBpois, 

 vtrep OaTepov Be vvv \/CTeov. 



To Be (Ti\(j)iov e%{, pi^av [lev 7ro\\r)V /cal 

 7ra%iav, TOV Be /cav\bv rj\i/cov vdp6r)%, o-^eBov 

 Be real rrS Travel 7rapa7r\^(nov, TO Be <j>v\\ov, o 

 Ka\ovai /jido-TreTOv, opoiov T& <re\iv(p' 



1 Koi\ov add. W. 



2 See Index : the stalk is specially in question here. 



* cf. 6. 1. 4 n. fKVvp6i<av\a. P 2 Ald., c/. K\fvi<os, 'whitish'; 

 fvvevpoKavXa. conj. Sch. as in 6. 1. 4 ; but olov indicates the 

 coinage of a fresh term. K^VCIOV seems to be placed in the 

 wrong list. 



4 Plin. 25. 147-150 describes mandragoras, but his descrip- 

 tion is not taken from T. cf. Diosc. 4. 75, where three kinds 



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