THEOPHRASTUS 



/j,7]\€a' TO, Be 7ro\vK\a8a koX fiei^o) rbv oyKov 

 e')(6L rov avQ), KaOdrrep poa' ov firji) aXTC ovv 

 fiijicrrd j€ av/M^dWeTai 7rp6<; eKaarov rj dywyrj 



Kol 6 TOTTO? Kal Tj TpO(f)'/j. CTTJ/jieiOV 8' QTt TOVTO, 



TTVKvd fiev ovra /xaKpa koL XeirTa jiverai,, fiava 

 Se TTW^vrepa /cat ^pa-xyrepw koX eav fxev ev0v<i 

 Tt9 dfjiif] T0U9 o^ovf; ^pax^ct) ^o,v he dvaKaOaipri 

 fiaKpd, KaOdirep rj dp,7reXo<i. 



'Ikuvov 8e KUKeivo Trpo^ iricmv on koX tmv 

 Xaxdvcov evia \ap,^dvei SevSpov (j')(rjp,a, KaOdirep 

 ecTTO/Mev rrjv /jbaXd)(7]v koI to revrXov uTravra 

 8' €V Tol<; olKeioL<i tottol'^ evav^rj . . . fcal to avro 

 KdWiarov. iirel Kol rSiv o/xoyevcov dvo^orepa 

 Koi fiei^w Kal KaXkio) ra iv Tot<i olKeioi<;, olov 

 iXdrrj r] MaKeSovLKr) rrj^ Tiapvaaia^ koi tcov aX- 

 Xoiv. diravra he ravra koX oXco9 rj vKrj tj dypia 

 KaWicov Kal TrXeicov rov 6pov<i iv rol^; irpoa^o- 

 p€Loi<; fj ev Toh irpo^; fjiearjpb^piav. 



"EcTTi he TCL fiev deL<pvWa ra he (pvXko- 

 ^oXa. T&v p,ev jj/xepcov delcpvXXa eXda (polvi.^ 

 hd(f)vr) fiyppiva irevKT]^ tl yevo^ Kvndpnro'i' rS)v 

 8' dypicov iXdTT] TrevKTj dpKevdo<i p,iXo<i Ovla Kal 

 7]v 'A/j/caSe? KaXovat ^eXXohpvv (faXvpea Kehpo<i 

 TTLTV^i dypia [xvpiKr] 7rv^o<i irplvo'i KrjXacTTpov 

 (fiiXvKr] 6^vdKav6o<i d(f}dpKrj, ravra he (pverai 

 irepl TOP "OXv/jbirov, dvhpd-xXr] Kofxapo'^ Tepp,iv6o<t 



^ olv marked as doubtful in U. '^ 1. 3. 2. 

 * KoX rh avrh KaWiarov. Tho first part of the sentence to 

 which these words belong is apparently lost (W.). 



^ i.e. the fir and other trees mentioned in the lost words. 



6 Plin. 16. 80. 



6 fil\os conj. Sch.; a-fiiXa^ PgAld.; c/, 3. 3. 3. 



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