THEOPHRASTUS 



oo~a KixopitoBrj /ca\LTai Bid rrjv ofJLOLOTrjra TWV 

 <})v\\a)V rrdvTa yap TTO)? e^eprj e^ei TW Ki^opiy 

 Trd\iv /cav/ca\ls ev9pv(TKOv rjBvoo-fjLov. ol Be /jivpia 

 d\\a Kakovaw, a/cdvBi^ KOI oaa d\\a Toiavra 

 arfcavBt/ccoBr), rpayoTrwywv, ol Be KO^V KaKovaiv, 

 o rrjv fj,ev pi^av e%ei paicpav real y\v/celav rd Be 

 <f>v\\a rw tcpoKw b/j,oia 7r\r)V f^aKporepa, rov 

 /cav\bv Be fipa'Xyv, e<f> ov Tr^v Ka\v/ca fjieyd\r)v 

 /cal e'f aKpov fjieyav TOV Trdinrov TrdXiov, d^ ov 



'OyLtotft)? Be /cal ocra d\\a Totaura? 



rj 



evia rydp Seirai TrvpuxTea)^, cb&Trep yu-aXa^ /cal 

 reurXl? KOI TO \diraOov /cal rj d/caXv^r) teal TO 

 TrapOeviov TOV Be CTpv^vov /cal W/JLOV ea6iovo~iv, 

 ov /cal ev/crjirevTov Ttves TrpoTepov .... /cal erepa 

 Be 7r\eico TOVTMV, ev ol? KOI o 7rapoi/j,ia6jjiev6s 

 Bid TTi/cpOT'rjTa /cop%opos e%a)v TO (j>vX\ov 

 TrdvTa Be TCL fjiev erreTeia ra Be eVe- 

 Teio/cav\a Tvy^dver ra jjiev yap e^avaivovTai 

 TWV Be Bia/jLevovcriv et9 ir\eiw yjpovov al pifai' 

 cr^eBov Be ov/c eXarrw ra TotavTa ecrTi. 

 3 <&veTai Be ra /lev /cal drrb TWV pi^wv /cal drrb 

 TWV (TTrepfjidTwv, ra Be eTepa fiovov aTrb o~Trep- 



conj. Sch.; ravra Aid. 



v : Sch. conjectured tvOpvcricos, form corrected by 

 L.Dindorf ; IvBovciKov Ald.G. cf. Plin. 22. 81. 



3 Plin. 27. 142 ; Diosc. 2. 138. 



4 Ka\v| : cf. 8. 2. 4 ; 8. 4. 3. 



6 irdinrov conj. W.; ira.yti'r'bv UMAld. ; iruyaiva. H. cf. Diosc. 

 I.e., where Saracenus corrects nap-ros toirdinros. 



6 Toiavras (sc. herbaceous) PmBas.; roiavra ras Aid.; ray 

 auras conj. W. 



