THEOPHRASTUS 



ejrel Kal rb cutyivOiov TCL /Aev evTavOa 7rp6/3ara ov 

 $aai Tives ve/JLeaOai, TCL ' ev TW HOVTW 

 Kal <yiV6TCU Triorepa Kal Ka\\ia) tcai, &>? Sij 

 \eyovcriv, ov/c e^ovra ^p\i]v. a\\a yap ravra 

 fjiev ere/oa? av TWOS eirf QeoypLas. 



XVIII. At 8e pi^ai /cal TCL uX^yu-ara, KaOdirep 

 e'tprjTai,, 7ro\\a$ e^ovai vvdjjii<$ ov TT/QO? TCL efi- 

 ^v^a atofjiaTa JJLOVOV d\\a /cal Trpos TCL d^u^a. 

 \eyovai, yap aicavOdv Tiva elvai r) Tr^vvai TO 

 vBwp /u/3a\\,ofj,viy Trrjyvvvat, Se /cal TTJV r?}? 

 d\0aia<; pi^av, edv TI<$ Tptyas ejaffdXr] /cal Of) 

 VTraiOpiov e%i & i] d\6aia $v\\ov i^ev O/AOIOV 

 TTI fjia\d%y 7T\r}v fJiel^ov Kal SavvTepov, rou? ^e 

 v6o<$ Be JJL^\LVOV, Kapirov S' 

 pl^av &6 Ivtobij \evKrjv TYJ 

 yevaei, oe wajrep r% yu-aXa^? o Kavkos' XP<* yVTai 

 8e avTrj Trpos re TCL ptjy/LLaTa Kal ra? /3?^9 ev 

 oivq* <y\VKi Kal eVt TCL \KTJ ev e\ai(p. 

 2 '1&Tpav Se Tiva avvetyo/jievijv rot? KpeaffL GVV- 

 dirfeiv et9 TavTO Kal olov iryyvvvar ra? Be Kal 

 \KLV, wcnrep 1} \ido<$ Kal TO rjKeKTpov. Kal 

 TavTa fikv ev rot? dtyv^ois. 



To Be 0r)\v(f)ovov, ol Be o-Kopiriov Ka\ovcri Bid 

 TO TIJV pL^av o/Aoiav e^etv TW (TKopiriw, ITTI^VO- 



1 c/. Plin. 27. 45. 



2 uATtyiara : here a general term for shrubs and under- shrubs, 

 c/. 9. 20. 6. 



3 Diosc. 3. 146 ; Plin. 20. 84. 



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