THEOPHRASTUS 



[-^f], 'iSiov Be eVi tmv \a-)(av(i)hoiv, olov Kpofivov 

 jr]T€LOV, TO KOtXocfivWov. 



'A7rA,w9 5' al 8ia(J3opal tcov ^uXXwi/ tj fieyedet 

 77 TrXrjdei 7) cT'X^rjfiari rj TrXarvrrjri y crrevoTrjri 

 rj KOiXorrjTi rj rpa^uTyrt rj XeiorrjTi koX tw irap- 

 aKavOi^eLV rj jirj. eVi 5e /cara t^v irpcxj^vcnv 

 66 ev ij hi ov' TO fxev 66 ev, airo p't^rjq r) K\d8ov 

 rj KavXov rj aKpe/xovo^;' rb he St ov, rj 8ia /xtcr%ou 

 rj Bi" avrov Kal el Brj iroWa e'/c toO avrov. koI 

 evia Kap7ro(f)6pa, jiera^v TrepieiXycfyora top /capirov, 

 wcnrep rj ^AXe^avBpeia Bd(f)vrj iTTt(f)vW6Kap7ro<;. 



At /Mcv ovv Bia(f)opal tS)v (pvWcov KoivoTepw^ 

 Trdaat etprjvrai koX o')(eB6v elcnv ev tovtoc<;. 



(XvyKcirai Be ra jiev e^ lvo<i koI <p\oLov koL 

 (rapK6<;, olov ra rfj^ avKrj<i koI rrj<i d/xireXov, ra Be 

 Mairep e^ lvo<; jiovov, olov rou /caXdfiov koI crirov. 

 TO Be vypbv dirdvTWV kolvov diracn yap evv- 

 7rdp)(^ec Kal TOvroi<i Kol Toi<; dXXot<; Tot? iirereioLfi 

 \^jjiia')(^o<; dv6o<i Kapiro'i el tl aXXo^ judXXov Be Kal 

 Tot9 firj e7r6Tetoi9' ovBev yap dvev rovrov. BokcI 

 Be Kal TO)v iJiia')(03V rd jxev e'f IvSiV fiovov crvyKel- 

 aOat, Kaddirep ra rou (tItov Kal rov KaXdfiov, rd 

 8' eK TCOV avTMv, axTTrep ol KavXoL 



^ tS)V &\\a>v ^v MSS. ; tcov iroiaiSwy conj. W. -^v, at all 

 events, cannot be right. ^ Plin. 19. 100. 



•* fi (mvSrrjri r) koi\6ti}Tl : SO (J ; ^ /coiAo'ttjti ^ (TTecf^rrjTi 

 MSS. ■• i.e. petiolate. ^ i.e. sessile. 



® i.e. compound : et 5^ conj. W. : efSrj UMVAld. 



■^ The passage from here to the end of the chapter is a 

 digression. 



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