THEOPHRASTUS 



UKapira he koX KcipTTi/jia koI dv6o(f)opa KoX dvavOrj 

 irapa rov<i roTrovt; koI tov depa top Trepiexovra' 

 rov avTov Be rpoTTov koL (f)vWo^6\a Koi dei- 

 (f)v\'Ka. TTepl yap 'KkecfiavTivrjv ovSe Ta<; d/xireXov^ 

 ovSe ra<i crvKag (f)acn (pvWo^oXelv. 



'AXX' o/i<w9 Toiavra hiaLpereov e%6t yap ri tt}? 

 ^vcrea}^ KOivov 6p,oiw<i ev BevSpoi^ Kal ddpivoi^ Kal 

 T0t9 (f)pvyaviKoc<; Kal iroLcoSecrLV' virep mv kol Ta9 

 alria^ orav xt? Xeyrj Trepl iravTcov KOipfj SfjXov on 

 XeKTeov ov)(^ opi^ovra KaO^ eKaarov evXoyov Se 

 Kal ravra^ KOiva<i elvai rrdvTWV. d/j,a he Kal 

 (paiveral riva e'^^eiv (jjuaiKrjv Siacjiopdv evOi)^ eVt 

 rcbv dypiwv Kal twv rjfiepcov, etirep evia fiij ovva- 

 rai ^rfv wcnrep rd yewpyovp^eva /xt/S' oXw? Six^Tai 

 Oepaireiav dXkd xeipco yiverat, Kaddirep iXdrr) 

 TrevKt] KrfKaaTpov Kal dirXM'i oaa ■yjrvxpov^ roirovi 

 ^iXel Kal xf-ovf^hea, waavTW'i he Kal roiv ^pvyavi- 

 KMV Kal TTOioohcbv, olov Kd'TTTTapi'? Kal depp.o<;. 

 rjp.6pov he Kal dypiov hiKatov KoXelv dva^epovra 

 'irpo<i T€ ravra Kal 6Xco<; 7rpo9 to 7jp,ep(OTaT0V' [6 

 8' dv6pco7ro<i 77 p,6vov rj p,dXiara i]p,epov.] 



TV. ^avepal he Kal Kar avrd^i ra? p-op<j>d<i al 

 hia(f)opal TMV oXcov re Kal fiopiav, olov Xeyto 



1 a.v06<popa Kol avavOri conj. Sch. from G : Kapir6(popa &v6-n 

 P^Ald. - cf. 1. 9. 5 ; Plin. 16. 81. 



^ Totavra 'Conj. W. ; Siaiperfov conj. Sch.; tois avrots 

 atpereov Aid. The sense seems to be : Though these 

 ' secondary ' distinctions are not entirely satisfactory, yet 

 (if we look to the causes of different characters), they are 

 indispensable, since they are due to causes which affect all 

 the four classes of our ' primary ' distinction. 



* i.e. we must take the extreme cases. 



5 i.e. plants which entirely refuse cultivation. 



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