THEOPHRASTUS 



Trcopov. TO & o\ov o>? aTrXw? elirelv airacra r) 

 drcavi/cr) (Averts o^riKapTro^. ajravra $6 ravra 

 <j)verai /cau airo TOV GTrep/JLaros KOI CLTTO T??? 

 ftpa'xyv nva <yivea9ai, TOV dva 



K<pv(TCi)<i T KOI T^9 TOV 



7 ToO o-/co\vfjiov Be o% on TOVTO JJLOVOV iBiov, em 

 Trjv pi^av eBwBifjiov e^ei /cal ecpOrjv /cal OD/J,IJV, 

 aXXa /cal em Tore dpio-Trjv OTav dv&fj /cal em 

 cr/c\r)pvvojji,evr) d^L^aiv OTTOV. iBiov Be /cal TO TT}? 

 ejrel Trepl TpOTcd<$. 



Be /cal eBcoBi/jLos 77 TOV o~6<y/cov fj Be 

 OVK d/cavcoBris aXXa irpofjirjicr)^ avTOV' /cal 

 roOr' iBiov /JLOVOV e%et TU>V fyvXXaicdvdwv CIVT- 

 eGTpa/jLfjievws r) o %a/jiai\ea)v' o fj,ev yap d(f)v\\- 

 d/cavQos cov d/cavi^ei. yrfpaa/cov Be TO avOos 



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eKTraiTTrovTCiLi Kauafrep TO TTJS ajraTnys /cat TO 777? 

 fjivpi/cijs /cal o&a TrapairK^aia TOVTOIS. 7rapa/co- 

 \ov6el Be fJie^pi TOV Oepovs TO /j,ev KVOVV TO Be 

 dv6ovv TO Be o-Trep/JLa TLKTOV, /M/cpdv ItffidSa teal 

 /cevTpov e^ov ^paivofjuevov Be TO $v\\ov 

 Tai /cal ov/ceTi /cevTel. 



*H Igiwj Be (frveTai /Jiev ov 7ro\\a%ov, pd 

 \ov Be e&Tiv. diro Be TT}? pt&S l^earj^ o 



a/cavo? eTUTrefyvKev, wairep fJirj\ov ev 



1 O.KO.VIK)} conj. Bod., cf. 6. 4. 4 nn.; aKaveutij Aid. 



2 cf. Hes. Op. 582. 



3 ffdyicov conj. C. Hoffmann ; oyKov Aid. 



4 KvTjffis : i.e. flower-head, cf. Kvr}/j.a 6. 4. 3 ; Plin. 21. 94. 



5 awavcoSrys conj. Seal.; aKavOu>8r)s Aid. cf. 6. 4. 3 nn. 



6 cf. 6. 4. 3. T.'s information seems to be incorrect, as 



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