THEOPHRASTUS 



ravra jap wv ol o-T(f>avr)7r\o/coi ^pwvrai TTO\V 

 e/CTpe^et, TWV a\\cov. fiera Be TavTa o vdp- 

 KIO~O~O<$ /cat TO \6ipiov, </cai TWV dypucov dve/Jico- 

 vrjs 76^09 TO Ka\ov^,evov opeiov,> ical TO TOV 

 y8oX/3oO /ccbBvov e/jL7r\e/cov(7i <ydp evioi /cal TOVTO 



619 TOU9 0-T6$>aVOV<>. 7Tt Se TOVTOl? r) OlvdvQl] 



teal TO fJieKav tov /cal TMV djpicov o re e'Xeto- 

 %/9fcro9 KCU r?79 dvepwvrjs 77 \eijJLWvia Kakov- 

 pkvri /cal TO ^i(j)Lov KCU vdicivOos fcal o-^eBbv 



2 00^0^9 aXXo9 %/3ftWat TWV bpelwv. TO Be poSov 

 vGTepel TOVTWV /cal TekevTalov f^ev <f>aiveTai, 

 TrpwTov 8' aTroXetTret TWV eapivwv oXiyoxpovia 

 tydp TJ avdrjcris. oXiyo^povia Be /cal TWV a<y- 

 picov TO, \oL7rd 7T\rjv Tijs vaKivOov /cal TTJS dypias 

 /cal 71)9 (TTrapTrjs' avTrj Be Bia/j,ev6i /cal TO \VKOV 

 lov /cal eTi TrXeta) TO (f>\6<yivov TO Be Brj fj,i\av lov, 

 axTTrep eiprjTai, Be* eviavTov OepaTreias 

 a)<ravTQ)S Be /cal rj olvdvBrj, /cal <ydp TOVTO a 

 KOV fjbev 7rowSe9 Be Trjv <f>vonv, edv 



/cal dfyatpf) TO avOos /cal yu-?; ea 



/cal TL TOTTOV evi\ov e%r)' TO Be av0o<; 



/cal \ev/cbv KaOdirep TWV dypioov . . . TavTa 



ovv w(T7rep eapiva (fraiverai. 



3 Ta Be Oepivd /naXXov ij Te \v%vl<; /cal TO 



/cal TO Kplvov teal TO tyvov /cal 6 



1 Evidently both distinct from the vdpKurvos fj \etpiov of 

 6. 6. 9 ; 6. 8 3. See Index. 



2 /cal T-Stv . . . opeiov ins. Sch. from Athen. I.e. with 

 alteration of bpeiwv to ayptuv. cf. Plin. I.e. 



3 i.e. the flower of muscari, mentioned in this way because 

 elsewhere (e.g. 1. 12. 1) the edible root is in question, which 

 was properly called &o\p6s. 



4 cf. 9. 19. 3. 6 See Index. 



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