THEOPHRASTUS 



civ T<9 oaa irvKva koI Kar aWifKa, KaOavep to, 

 roiv fiuppivcov. 



Oiovrai Se TtV€<; koI rrjv Tpo(f)r)V rw vtttlo) Bia 

 Tov ■TTpavov<i elvai, Bia to evLKfxov aeX tovto koX 

 ;T^i/oft)8e9 elvai, ov Ka\ci)<; XeyovTe^;. dWa tovto 

 fiev i(Ta><i crvfi/3aLV€L %c«>/3k t?}? iSta? (f)va€a><; koI 

 Sea TO fir) 6fiOLa)<; rjXiovaOai, r/ Se Tpo^rj 8ia tmv 

 ^Xe^Siv rj Ivbiv 6fM0i(0<i afxc^oTepoL^' ck daTepov S' 

 et? daTepov ovk euXoyov firj e)(OvaL 7r6pov<; fii]8e 

 ^ddo<; Bi ov' dWd irepl fxev Tpo(^rj<i hid tlvcov 

 eVepo? A,o709. 



A.ia(f)epov(Ti, Be koc to. (f>vWa nXeloai Bia- 

 (f)opal<;' Ta /xev 'yap icxTi irXaTVCpvWa, Kaddirep 

 a/x7reXo9 avKrj TrXdTavo^, Ta Be aTev6(f)vWa, 

 KaOdirep iXaa poa p,vppLvo<;' Ta 8' Sicntep aKavOo- 

 (f>vXXa, KaOdirep TrevKrj ttltv^; KeBpo<i' Ta S' olov 

 aapKocpvXXa- tovto S' otl aapKa)Be<; e^ovai to 

 (f)vXXov, olov KV7rdpi,TTo<; pbvpiKTj p,rfKea, tmv Be 

 (ppvyaviKMV Kvecopo'i (TToi^rj kuI ttokoBmv dei^oaov 

 TToXiov \tovto Be KOI 7rpb<i tou9 a7]Ta<i tou? ev 

 TOi<i t/iart'ot? dyadov'^ Ta <ydp av tcov TevTXlcov 

 rj pa(f)dv(av dXXov Tpoirov aapKcoBrj xal Ta TOiV 

 injyavLoyv KaXovfievoov ev TrXaret yap Kal ovk ev 

 CTTpoyyvXoTijTi to crapKwBe<i. kol tmv da/xvcoB(t)v 

 Be ■)] /xvpiKt] aapKOihe-^ to (pvXXov e'^ei. evia Be 



1 cf. 1. 8. 3; 1. 10. 8; Plin, 16. 92. 



2 iK darepov 5' e/s conj. Sell, from G ; SI he dartpov fls with 

 stop at IvHv Aid. 3 5«' ov I conj. ; 5i' S>v U. 



•• a,Kav06<pv\Aa conj. W. ; <Tirav6fv\\a UMAld.; aviicpvWa 

 Po; cf. 3. 9. 5, wlience Sch. conj. Tpixo'<^uAAa : Plin. I.e. has 

 capillata pino cedro. 



* fj.ri\(a probably corrupt ; omitted by Plin. I.e. 



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