THEOPHRASTUS 



X. Ta Se (f>vX\a tcov fieu dWfov SevBpoyv ofxoia 

 iravTOiv avTU €avTOi<;, t% 8e XevKT]^; Kal rov 



KITTOV Kol TOV KuXoV/xeVOV KpOTCOVO^ dvOflOlU Kul 



erepoa-'^tjfjLopa' ra /xev yap vea irepKJieprj ra 8e 

 iraXaiorepa yoivoeiBr], koX et? toOto t] p,€rdo-Taai<i 

 iravToov. rov Se kittov dvuTrakiv veov [xev 6vto<; 

 iyycovtoifepa irpea^vrepov he TrepKpepecrrepa- p^era- 

 ^dXket yap Kal ovro'i. iSiov Be Kal to rfj eXda Kal 

 TTj (piXvpa Kal rfj irreXea Kal ryXevKy avfi^alvov 

 arpe(fieiv yap SoKOvacv ra virria p,erd rpo7rd<; 6epi- 

 vd<;, Kal rovr(p yvcopi^ovcTLv on yeyeviqvrat rpoirai. 

 2 irdvra Be rd <f)vXXa Bia(f)€pei Kara ra VTrria Kal rd 

 TTpavr]. Kal rwv p.ev dXXcov rd virria TroKoBearepa 

 Kal Xeiorepa- rd<; yap Iva^ Kal rd<; <f>Xe/3a<; ev 

 T0t9 irpaveaiv e^ovaip, wairep r) %6ip <Ta dpOpa>' 

 tt}? S' iXda^ XevKorepa Kal rjrrov X-em eviore 

 Kal rd VTTria. irdvra Brj rj rd ye rrXelcrra CKcfyavr] 

 e'xei rd virria Kal ravra ylverai tw 'tfxiw (pavepd. 

 Kal (Trpecperai rd TroXXd 7rpo<; rov rjXiov Bi o Kal 

 ov pdBiov elirelv orrorepov tt/oo? rw kXwvl pdXXov 

 eariv -q puev ydp vTrrLorrj'? p.dXXov BoKei TTotelv ro 

 Trpavh, r] Be <f)V(n<i ou;^ rjrrov ^ovXerai ro virriov, 

 aXXcot re Kal 77 dvdKXaaa Bed rov ijXiov iBoi S' 



1 Plin. 16. 85. 



- Kol TOV KITTOV Koi TOV MSS. cf. PHii. I.c; Dlosc. 4. 164. 

 Koi TOV kikIov TOV Kal conj. W. ; Galen, Lex. Hipp., gives 

 kIkiov as a name for the root of KpoTtav. cf. C.P. 2. 16. 4. 



' i.e. not 'entire.' ' Young leaves' = leaves of the young tree. 



* This seems to contradict what has just been said. 



^ Ta &pepa add. Sch. from Plin. 16. 88, inciauras. cf. Arist. 

 H.A, 1. 15, M'here Plin. (11. 274) renders UpOpa incisuras. 



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