THEOPHRASTUS 



rj Kara rrjv ^pe'iav. T&V JJLCV yap TO 

 fjiovov %pijo~ifjLOV teal TOVTCOV TO jj,ev CVOCT/JLOV, 

 &o~7rep LOV, TO B* avoajjiov, wo-jrep Bi6o~av0o<; 



TWV B Kal Oi K\COV<> Kal TO, (j)V\\a KOi o 



77 Traa-a <f>v0i$ eiJoo-yLto?, olov epirvhXov e\eviov 

 ov TWV aXkwv. a^co Be (fcpvyavi/ca. 

 TWV avOiicwv iroXkwv rj <f>vais <f>pvya- 



, 97 JJL6V e7TT6f09 01X70, fJLOVOV, f) &e 7r6\V- 



, 7r\rjv Iwvlas rrj<; fj,\aiwr}<>' avrrj 

 yap atc\wv 0X0)9 a\\a Trpoa-pi%6<f)v\\os KOI ael- 

 <^uXXo5, ft>9 Se Tti/69 <^a(TL /cal Swapevrj SS 6\ov 

 <f)epiv TO avOos, eav Tpoirw Tivl OepaTrevrjrai. 

 rovTo /AW iSiov av e%oi. 



T&v S a\\(ov fj,a\\ov Be rwv TTCLVTWV at fiev 

 o\au /jiop^al o"%eBbv Traai fyavepal" el Be nvas 

 aXXa9 IBiorrjra^ eyovai, ravras \e/CTeov, olov el 

 ra fiev aTT\a Bo/cel Tot9 eiBeaw elvai ra Be e 



fiev ovv ra ^v\coBr) ) KaOdirep 6/?7ruXXo9 

 eKeviov 7r\r)v el ra fj,ev aypia ra Be 

 ij/jiepa /cal <.ra /j,ev> evocr/jia ra Be docr/jLorepd eari' 

 TOVTCDV Be Kal ai OepaTrelai Kal at X&pai Bid- 

 (fropoi Kal 01 ae/569. evia Be Kal TWV dvd&v, olov 

 TO jj&Xav LOV ov yap efteiv BOKCL rovro Biafopav 



1 Plin. 21. 59. 



3 So Plin. I.e.-, Init Nic. ap. A then. 15. 31 calls this flower 

 fragrant. 



8 TroAAwj' conj. W. ; iro\\a UMAld. 



4 olov fl conj. W. ; O'TI Aid. 6 ovv conj. W. ; ciov Aid. 



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