THEOPHRASTUS 



Be nal raXXa BpifjiVTepav e^ovra rrjv 

 e/OTTfXXo? 8' eviore /cal iravTeKws Ov/jiwBijf;' a 

 Bfj\ov on, TavTrjv TTJV yevecnv Xa/mfldvei. 



'AffpoTovov Be /jLaX\ov drro cnrepiJLaTOS ft\a- 

 (TTavei T) drro pity? KOI TrapcKTTrdSos' %aXe7ra>9 Be 

 fcal CLTTO direpfjiaro^' Trpo/jLOO-^evofj.evov <Be> ev 

 oarpd/cois, cocnrep ol 'A^coz^/^o? Kfjiroi, rov 6epov<$' 

 SiKTpiyov yap (T(f)6$pa Kol oXco? eTri/cijpov KOI OTTOL 

 6 r^Xto? <T(f)oSpa \dfjwrei' e/JL/Siwaav Be /cal a 

 /jieya /cal la"%vpov /cal BevBpwBes wvirep TO 



VOV, TT\J]V %V\W$.(JTepOV TTOXu TOVTO 



/cal av%iici)Be(rTpov. 



'O Be dfjidpafcos a/JL^orepw^ tyveTai, /cal diro 

 irapacrTrdBos /cal OLTTO o-Trep/jLaros' Tro'XixTTrep/jLov 

 Be, /cal TO crTTep/jLa evoo-j^ov ocr/Ay /jLaXa/cwTepa" 

 BvvaTai Be /cal fJLeTa$VTeveo-6ai. iro\vaTrepiJLov Be 

 /cal TO dftpoTovov /cal ov/c aoa^ov. TOVTO Be pi^as 



opOds /cal KaTa j3d@ov$. e<JTi yap warrep 

 ^ov TTJ Tra^eia ra? 8' aXXa? <d(f)ii](Tiv> air 



6 B* dpdpaKos /cal 6 e/oTTfXXo? /cal TO 

 cn(7v/ii/3piov /cal TO eXeviov eVtTroXatou? /cal 



tSet? /cal TappcoBew v\(t)Bei<> Be Trdcrai, 



e /JidX\ov TI TOV dftpoTovov /cal Bid TO 



/cal TTJ 



1 fviore conj. W. ; evlois Aid. 



2 Plin. 21. 57. Description of various forms of epirv\\os 

 has perhaps dropped out after this word : c/. 5, 



. 

 3 i.e. from seed. TUVTTIV conj. W.; Trdvra UMAld.; 



4 Plin. 21. 34 : c/. C.P. 1. 4. 2. ^TOVOV . . . Otpovs, text 

 nearly as given by Aid. and by UM (?) supported by Plin. 



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