THEOPHRASTUS 



B piffiv TrXetou? /JLCV elaw at &vvd/n,i,<; KOI 

 TrXetor fyrovvrai, >e ^oKiaTd at (f>ap/ma- 

 ft>? xpTiai/jicoTaTai, Bia^epovo-ai rw re prj 



TTyOO? TdVTd KCtl TO) fJLrj 6V T0? dVTol^ 6%IV TT)V 



&)? S' ovv eVl TTCLV al TrXetcrrat /j,ev ev 

 KCU roi? fcapTrols KOI rot? OTTO??, 

 eviai Be KOI ev rot? 0vXXot?' ra? 3e (^uXXeoSet? 

 8vvd/jbt,s ra? ?roXX? a^e^ov Troa? fca\ovcriv, wa- 



7T6p ipr)Tai fJLLKpS) TTpOTepOV, Ol 



r O /ze^ o5^ OTTtfryLto? yiverat 



eTTfc TO TToXu TOO 6epOV<$, TWV fJ,V Vl(TTafjiei'OV 

 $6 TTyOOeX^Xf^OTO?. 77 ^6 pl^OTO/jiia ryiVTaL TIVWV 

 KOI V7TO TTVpOTOfJiiaV Kdl JJLUCpS) 1TpOTpOV, OV fJir]V 

 aXX' ^ 76 7T\iCt)V TOV /jLT07T(i)pOV JUL6T *Ap/CTOVpOV, 



orav (frvXXopporjcrcoaiv, oawv Se KOI o tcapTro? 

 , orav afjiepOaxn TOV tcapirov. <TTL 8e o 



OLTTO TWV KdvK&V, WCT7T6/3 TOV Tl0V/ild\- 



\ov KOI TT)? piafcivr]s KCU o-^eSbv TWV 



rj CLTTO rcov pi^wv, rj -rplrov airo ri)<; fce(f)a\f]<;, M 



T?;? fjutf/ccovos' TavTrjS yap fjLovrjs ovrco KCLI rovr 



1&IOV aVTTj^. TWV /JLV OVV KOI aVTOyLtttTO? OTTO? 



1 From this point to 9. 19. 4, ytvecrOai, the text is repeated 

 in U, with considerable variations, as a tenth book. Aid. 

 also repeats the first few lines of this passage (down to end 

 of 1) as a fragment of a tenth book. The two Medicean 

 MSS also repeat 9. 8. 1, ruv 8e fri&v, down to 9. 10. 3, 

 jSe'ATKTTot Se KO\ ols, as part of a tenth book. The ' tenth 

 book ' readings in each case are distinguished by a *. 



2 piaJv : fria signifies a medicinal plant in general (c/. 

 pt^orofjLot) as well as 'root'; the double sense makes transla- 

 tion of this section awkward : I print it ' root ' where it has 

 the wider sense. 



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