THEOPHRASTUS 



wcnrep TO \VKOV e^avrjs yap rj TOVTOOV 

 Bia\\dTTOvaa, Kal en Brj /j,a\\ov 77 TWV Kpivwv, 

 eiTrep Brf, KaOaTrep <f>acriv, evia /ecu rroptyvpa eari. 



4 TMV Be poBcov TroXXal Biatyopal Tt\rj6ei, re 

 (f)v\\a)i> Kai o\iyoTrjTi fcaLTpa^vrtjri KCU \eioT7jTi 

 /cal ev%poia /cal evoo-fjiia. ra fiep yap 

 Tre^Ta^uXXa, TO, Be BwSetcdffrvXXa, Kal eiKo 



ra B' en, TroXXa) TrXetov virepaipovra TOVTWV evia 

 yap elvai (fra&iv a Kal KdKovcnv e 

 7r\i(na Be ra roiavrd eart, trepl 

 ovroi yap \a/j,/3dvovTe<; eK rov Ylayyaiov (f>vrev- 

 OVGIV eKel ydp yiverai TroXXa* <r/j,tKpd Be o~(f)6Bpa 

 TO, eVro? </>uXXa- r; yap eK^voris avrwv oi/T&)9 

 w(7T elvai TO, [lev eVro? ra 5' eWo? f OVK evoo-f^a 

 Be ovBe /j,eyd\a rot? peyedeaiv. ev Be rot? jj.eyd- 



5 Xoi? evcoBrj /xaXXoi> &v rpa^v TO KOLTW. TO Be 

 o\ov, wcTTrep e\e%0i], Kal fj ev^poia Kal rj evocrfiia 

 Trapd TOL? TOTrou? eo-Tiv eVel Kal TCL ev yfj Ty 

 avTy yivopeva Troiel Tiva nrapa\\ayr]v evocrfjuias 

 Kal do(T/jiia<>. evoa //.orara ^e Ta ev l^vpi'^vr], Bi 

 o Kal TO /jLvpov tfBio-Tov. avrXw? Be Kal TMV twv 

 Kal TWV d\\a)V dvOwv aKpaTot, fjud\iaTa 



1 c/. 6. 8. In.; Diosc. 3. 102. 



2 Plin. 21. 14-21 ; Athen. 15. 29. 



3 i.e. of the bark. c/. Plin. 21. 17, scabritia corticis. 



4 Sc. in ' double ' roses. 



6 i.e. the hip; c.illed o/*<f)a\os Arist. Probl. 12. 8, where 

 the same statement is made ; called p.ri\ov below, 6. 



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