THEOPHRASTUS 



fiaTo<;, Sl KoX d^aipovcriv avrd' KcoXvei jdp rrjv 

 Tov (TiKvov ^Xdarrjcnv. (f)aal Be Koi ri}? firjXea^ 

 T?}? M.rjBiKrj^ oaa fiev e;^et tmp dvOSiv wcyrrep 

 TjXaKcirrjv tlvo. 7r€(f)VKv2av eK fxicrov ravr eivat 

 jovifia, oaa Be fit) e;\;ei ravr^ dyova. el Be /col eV 

 dWov riv6<i ravra av/x^aivei twv dvOo^opav 

 coo-re d'yovov dvOo'i (f)veiv eiVe Ke)(^ci)ptafievov ecre 

 firj, (TKeTneov. eirel yev^] je evia koI dfiireXov koI 

 p6a<; dBvvarei reXeoKapTrelv, dXXd fiexpi' tov 

 dv6ov<i r) yepeaL<;. 



(TiveraL Be koL to ye t?}9 p6a<i dv6o<i ttoXv koX 

 TTVKvov Kol 6Xco<i 6 6yK0<i TrXarv'^ wd-nep 6 riov 

 poBoyv KdrcoOev S" erepoio^- olo<i Bicoro^: /ic/cpo^ 

 bicnrep iKrerpa/jifievo'i 6 KVTivo<i e'X^cov rd ^etX?; 

 ^vxd>Bi].) ^ 



^^aal Be Tive<; Kol rdv ofjioyevoiv rd fxev dvdelv 

 rd 8' ou, Kaddirep rdv (poivUcov rov fiev dppeva 

 dvdelv TOV Be OrfKvv ovk dvdelv a\X' f^vdi) trpo- 

 ipaiveiv TOV Kap'rvov. 



Ta fiev ovv tS> yevei rayra TOiavTrjv Trjv Bia- 



^ i.e. tlie pistil. 



2 i.e. as seen from above: koI o\o>v , . . poSuv describes the 

 corolla, KarwOev . . . ^ux'^Sij the undeveloped ovary, including 

 the adherent calyx. 



•* l)6Suiv conj. Bod. ; powv Aid. 



■* Karwdev . . . (jlvx^o^ I conj. ; 5' erepot St' &v ois niKphv 

 w(Tvep eKT€Tpa/UjueVoj k6tivos ex'^" '"'* X^'^'J |Uux<<J57j UMVAld. 

 (except that Aid. has dvco for x^^^V and fKrerpanixevoy : so 

 also P, but iKTeTpa.fj.iJ.(yos). The sentence explains incidentally 

 why the pomegranate flower was called kvtivos (cf. 2. 6. 12 ; 

 C.P. 1. 14. 4 ; 2. 9. 3 ; 2. 9. 9 ; Diosc. 1. 110 ; Plin. 23. 110 



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