THEOPHRASTUS 



rov re e&e*lfjLev TOV eWo9 teal TOV efor vtyaiverai 

 8e ef avTOv teal rrooeta teal d\\a l/j,dria' Si o 



teal 6/UO>&6$ TOUTO tfOM Otn^ OHTTTep TO eV 



Se /eal ra /3o\j3(*)Sr) teal eXarra). raOra 

 5e . . . tcaOdirep TO \evtc6iov /cal /3o\j3ivt] teal 

 OTTITLWV teal tcv'it; teal rpoirov nvd TO criavpiy^iov. 

 /3oX/3coS^ Se ravra OTL (TrpojyvXa ral^ pl^ais- 

 eirel Tot? 76 %p(*)/Jiacri \evted teal ov \eirvp idoSrj. 

 UBiov e TOV o-ia-vpiy^iov TO TT}? pLtylS av^dvecrOai 



TO aTO) TTpW'TOV, O Ka\OV(TL . . . ^LfJiWVa, TOV 8' 



77/309 vnro$aivovTO<$ TOVTO fj,ev raTreivovaOai TO 8' 

 TO e$ti)8ifAOV av^dveffOai. teal rd p,ev 



XIV. "ISia Be /eal ravra ev Tot9 7roi(t)8e<riv, 

 olov TO [Te] eVl ToO dBidvrov Gvybftalvov ovSe yap 

 v<ypaiveTai TO <j>v\\ov /3p%6{Aevoi' ovft eTriBpoaov 



(TTL Bid TO /AT) T7JV VOTldV 7Tl/jiVeiV, O06V teal V) 



Trpoa^yopia. jVt] Se avrov Svo, TO pev \evicov 

 TO Se /Jie\av, %pij(njjLa 8' d/jLcfrorepa vrpo? eicpvcrtv 

 rpi^wv v eXatco T pi/36 [leva. <f>verai Se 



1 5t' & KOL ep. TOVTO : text probably defective. ? St' ft /coi 

 <Xp-nffifj^v TO> e'piwSes TOVTO : ' wherefore this woolly kind is 

 serviceable, which the Indian hairy kind is not.' 



2 Plin. 19. 95. 



3 Kal e'AaTTw Tavra Se : text corrupt and defective. 



4 oirirtuv H. ; o irm'cov Aid.; pithyon Plin. /.c. ; bitniuv and 

 /ci'i'l were possibly earth-nuts. 



5 76 conj. Sch ; TC Aid. 



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