THEOPHRASTUS 



al ocr/iai, BiacfrepovTO)? Be rov KpoKov 

 yap OUTO? BOKL 7rapa\\aTTi,v. (frverai pev ovv 

 r) poBwvia Kal e/c TOV o-TrepuaTOS' e%ei Be VTTO TO 

 avdo<$ ev TO> yii??X.ft) KVJjKU>Be<f rj aKavwSes, e^ov Be 

 Tiva 'xyovv l^are eyyvs etvai rwv TrafnTw^iMv 

 o-Trep/jidTWV ov jArjv a\\a Sia TO ^/jaSeco? Trapa- 

 ryiveo-Oai (caTaKOTTTOvres, &>9 eXe^dr), TOV KCLV\OV 

 <j>VT6vov(riv. eTriKaio/jLevrj Be Kal eTTLre/jLVOfjuevrj 

 (f>epL TO avOof eo)fj,evr) yap egav^erai 

 Ko'XH'OVTai. Bel Be Kal fjiera^vreveiv 

 Kal jap OVTCO (fracrl KCL\\LOV yivecrdai, 

 TO poBov. al B* aypiat, rpa-^vrepai Kal Tat? 

 pdffBois Kal TO?? (j)v\\o^, ert Be avOos a-^pov- 

 o"repov e^ovai Kal eXarrov. 



7 To 8e lov TO fj,e\av TOV \evKov Biacfrepei Kara 

 re aXXa Kal KMT avrrjv rrjv Iwviav, on, ir\arv- 

 (f)V\\6s Te Kal eyyei6(j) uXXo? Kal 



ea"Ti, 7ro\\r}v e^Qvcra pi^av. 



8 Ta Be Kpiva rf) pev XP OL $ T ^ v 



Biatyopdv. fjiovoKav\a Be evnv &>? eirl irav, 

 BiKav\ei Be (TTraviw rd^a Be rovro %(>pas Kal 

 aepo? Biafopas. KaO^ eKaarov Be Kav\bv ore pep 

 ev Kplvov OTe Be TrXeto) ryiverai' /3\a(ndvi yap 

 TO ciKpov cnraviWTepa Be ravra' pi^av Be 

 rjv o-apKcoBr) Kal arpoyyvXrjp' 6 Be 



1 f>ia<f>fp6vT<i>s Se TOV icpoitov conj. Saracenus from Athen. 

 I.e. ; Sm^epoWws S)/ TOV XP^ VOV Aid. cf Callim. Hymn to 

 Apollo 83, whence it appears that an autumnal crocus (crocus 

 sativua) is meant. See below 10. 



2 aitav>5es conj. Sch. from G, acanaceum ; dyflcDSes UMAld. 



3 TroTTTrwSaiv conj. Sell.; irpwrccv Aid. 



4 PHn. 21. 27. 



