THEOPHRASTUS 



/cal irepl Kptjrrjv Ka\ovai ' avrrjv ol Botcorol 

 /jiaBwvdiv KOI rbv /capTrbv eaOiovcnv. e^ei Be TO 

 (frvXXiOV i^eya eVt rov vBaros" elvai Be <f>acriv 

 l'o-%ai/LLOv, edv rptyas Ti? eVf- rrjv TrXrjyrjv TTi0fj' 



Se KOI TT/JO? Bvo-evrepuav Trivo^evrj. 

 Y\VK6ia Be teal f) ^KvQiKr)' /cal evioi Be KO\OV- 

 evOvs <y\VKeiav avrtfv ryiverai Be Trepl rrjv 

 prja-l/jir} Be TT/OO? re ra aa-B/j,ara teal 

 Tijv ft / r)X a tzvpav /cal 0X0)5 TOU? Trepl rbv 



VOVS' Tt, Be 7T/OO? TO, \Kr) ev fJL\lTL' 



Bvvarai Be /cal rrjv Btyav Traveiv, edv Tt9 ev TW 

 (TTOjiiaTi, e%?7' Bi o ravrrj re /cal rf) iTTTra/cf) 

 Sidyeiv (j)aa"l rou? 2,/cv0a<i rjfiepas /cal evBe/ca /cal 

 Ba)Be/ca. 



['H Be api<jro\o'xia rfj oa'c^ptjcrei fjiev evoB/j,os rfj 

 Be yevcret rrtKpa crcfroBpa rfj XP OL< ? ^ ^e\aiva. 

 fyverai Be ev rot? opecnv rj fte\ria-rij' cf>vX\ov Be 

 e^ei 7rpoa-p,(j)epes rfj akaivrj rr\rjv (rrpojyv\6- 

 repov xprjdi/jir) Be irpb? 7ro\\d, /cal apiary rrpos 

 /ce(f)a\rj$ dyaflr) Be /col Trpbs ra a\\a eX/cy, ical 



TT/OO? ra epjrera /ca 7rpo9 VTTVOV /ca TT/QO? vvrepav. 

 ra fjiev ovv TTpoadyeiv Ke\evovcnv ev vBan dva- 

 Bevaavra /cal /cara7r\drrovra, ra Be ci\\a et? 

 yLteXi ev^vaavra /cal eXaiov rrpos Be ra rwv 

 eprcerwv ev oivw b^ivrj rriveiv /cal errl rb Br)y/Aa 

 emrrXdrreiv et? vrrvov Be ev oivw i^e\avL avcrrrjpM 

 edv Be al fj,rjrpai TrpoTreo-wcri, r> vBart 



1 Diosc 3. 5 ; Plin. 25. 82. 



2 yXvKe'iav : yXvKvpptfav conj. Dalec., whence 'liquorice.' c/. 

 Plin. 11. 284. 



a c/. Plin. I.e., who took iiriran-f) to be a plant. 



282 



