THEOPHRASTUS 



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eav 



1 c/. 37. 2 vSoros ins. Furl. 3 Plin. 18. 3-14. 



4 Plin. 18. 356. 5 verov 5e ff-n^a Bracketed by Sch. 



6 c/. Arist. Meteor. 3. 4 ; Plut. Quaest. Nat. 1. 2. 



' c/. 42. 



8 i t, breaks up into small ' grains ' (?). c/. 25, 42, 54. 



398 



