THEOPHRASTUS 



YI fjid\iarTa vtrepivov dvw Troielv TWV 

 avTr) /jiev ovv IBioTijs r^9 Bvvd^iew^. 

 3 Twi^ Be pitwv oaai uev <y\VKVTVTd Tiva 



QGCLI 8e Spi.fj.6Lai, TOVTO fjuev fir) Trdo"^eiv a/Jbavpov- 

 a9ai 8* avrwv ra? Svvdpeis /uavov/jievcov KOI 



KVOVfjiV(jt)V. TQ)V S' ^O) Ql^lWV d\\ 



airreTai pi&s ^pifjieia^^ 77 Se a<f>ov$v\i] 



TOVTO jJieV OVV 1&IOV T?}9 TOV %O)OV (f)V(TW<>. 



Tlacrav $e %etpa> <yiveo-9ai pi^av, edv 

 TeXeicodTJvat /cal d&pvv0r}vai TOV Kapirov waav- 



TO)9 Be KOI TOV KCtpTTOV, O,V OTTLdr}^ T1]V f)i^aV' ft)? 



eVl TO 7roXu Be at (ajiaKtoBei? OVK 



av TO, (TTcep/jLaTa (ap/Aa/CGoi], avTai r) 

 xpTJGOai Be TIV& a<ji /JLO\\OV rat? 

 pi^ais, OTL lo"%vp6Tepo$ 6 Kaptros wo-0' v 

 TO awfjia. (frauveTat Be ov /caO^ o\ov TOVTO 

 ^e?' errel /cal ol ev 'AvTi/cvpa TOV o-rjaa/jLw 

 [e\\e/36pov] BiBoaaiv, [OTL o /capTros O/JLOIC? 



XV. <&apfjiaKcoBeis Be BOKOVGIV elvai TOTTOL 



TOt)V jJLeV 6^0) T?}9 * \L\\dBo<$ 01 TTCpl Tr)V 



fcal T^V AaTivrjv, ev y /cal TTJV KlpKtjp 

 elvai \eyov(TiV' ical GTL yu-aXXoz-' ye, a>9 



1 Plin. 27. U3. 



2 i.e. not engendered in the root. 

 s A beetle? c/. Arist. H.A. 5. 8. 



4 This section is omitted in U*. Plin. 27. 144. 



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