THEOPHRASTUS 



(pepovai TOi^ Kap'irol<i aXXa Koi avro) ra> SevBpo) 

 Kara re to p,rjKO<i koi rr)v aWrjv fiopcprjv' ov yap 

 fieydXoi koi p,aKpol dWa ^pa')(el<;, en he Kapin- 

 /jLcorepoi TMP dX\o)v koi Kap7ro(f)opovvT€<i ev9v<i 

 Tpi€Tei<;' TToWol Be koI ovtoi Trepl J^virpov. etcrl 

 Be KoX irepX ^vpiav koI irepl Atyvirrov (f)OLviKe<; 

 o'i (f)epovcn rerpaerel^ koI trevTaeTel^ dvBpo/M7]Kei<i 



OVT€<;. 



"}^repov 8' €Tt yevo^ ev Yivirpw, o koX to (fivWov 

 ifkarvTepov e^et koi top Kapirov fiel^o) ttoWo) 

 Koi lBt6/jLop(f)ov' fieyedet jxev rj\lKO<i poa tm (t^tj- 

 fxa-TL Be irpofJbrjKri'i, ovk ev'xyXo'i Be wairep dXXoi 

 aXA,' ojxoLO'i Ttti? p6ai<i, ware /xr) KaraBe^eaOai 

 dWd Btafxacrrja-afxevovi eK^dWeiv. yevrj jxev ovv, 

 Mairep etprjrai, iroWd. drjcravpt^eadat Be /jl6vov<; 

 Bvvacrdai ^aai rwv ev %vpia rov<i ev t5) av\(ovi, 

 rov<i 8' ev AlyuTTTO) koi Kvirpo) koI irapd TOt? 

 dWoi<; ■)(X,copov'? dvaXicTKeaOai,. 



"EiTTi Be 6 (f)oivt^ CO? puev a7rX,w9 ecTrelv fiovo- 

 crreXe'X^e'i koX fj,ovo(f)ve<i' ov firjv dXXd yivovrai 

 TLve<i Kca Bi(f)vel<;, wairep ev A.lyvTn(p, KaOdirep 

 BiKpoav exoVTe<i' to S' dvdcrrtj/jLa rov o-TeXe^ow? 

 o.^' ov rj cr%t(Tt9 /cal 7revTd7rr]')(^v 77/309 dXXyjXa Be 

 7rQ)9 lad^ovra. cfyacrl Be Koi TOv<i ev Kpi^ry 

 TrXeiov^; elvai tou9 Bi(f)vei<;, eviov<; Be koI rpicpveU' 

 ev Be Ty AaTrala riva koI irevraKecpaXov' ovk 

 dXoyov yovv ev Tat<i evTpo(j)coTepai<i %&>/9af9 TrXetco 

 ylveaOai rd roiavra Koi to oXov Be rd ciBt] irXeiw 

 Kol rd<i Bt,a<^opd<i. 



1 '6noios conj. Bod.; bfjLolws UMVAld, ' c/. §5. 



^ Plin. 13. 38 ; c/. 4. 2. 7, where the name {KovKi6(popov) of 

 this tree is given. 



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