THEOPHRASTUS 



KapTTi/Jia Be ra fxev aXKa TTavTW ire pi he lrea<; 

 KoX alyeipov koX TrreXea?, Mcnrep e\e)(dri, Bi,a/ji(f)icr- 

 ^rjToixnv. evtoi Be ttjv aoyeipov fiovrjv (iKapireiv 

 (paaiv, Mcnrep koX ol ev ^KpKaBla, ra Be aWa 

 Trdvra ra iv TOL<i opeai KapTrocpopetv. ev K^p^ry 

 Be Kol atyeipoi Kapiri/uLOi irXeLov; elai' fiia jxev ev 

 rS> cfTOfMLO) Tov avrpov rov ev rf} "iBrj, ev c5 ra 

 avaOrjixara avaKetrai, dWr) Be fxiKpa TrXrjaiov 

 airwrepw Be fidXiara BooBeKU aTaBlovq irepi Tiia 

 KprjVTjv Savpcv Ka\ovp.evr]v TroWaL elcrl Be koX 

 ev T« ttXijctlov 6 pel Trj<; "lBr]<i ev rS) KivBplq) 

 KoXov/xevQ) Kol irepX Wpatcriav Be ev rot? opeaiv. 

 ol Be [xovov TOiv roiovTcov rrjv ine'K.eav KapTrcfxov 

 elvai (paai, KaOdnep ol irepX MaKeBovlav. 



MeydXr] Be Bca<J3opa 7Tpb<i Kapirov kuI aKapiriav 

 Kol Tj TMV TOTTcov ^vcn<;, waTrep iirl re rr}'; Trepcrea? 

 e%ei Kal tcov (f)otviKO)V' rj fxev ev Klyvirrw Kaptro- 

 <f)opeL Kal ec ttov tcov irXrjaLov tottcov, ev 'PoBo) Be 

 fie^pi TOV dvOelv fiovov dcpCKveiTai. 6 Be <f)o2vi,^ 

 nrepl fiev ^a^vXSiva OavjjiaaTo^, ev t^ 'FiXXdBi Be 

 ovBe TTeTvaivei, irap evioL<i Be 6Xw<i ovBe 7Tpo(f>aLvei. 



KapTTOV. 



'Ofioiax; Be Kal hepa TrXelo) TOiavT eaTLv eVet 

 Kal TCOV eXaTTOvwv Troapiaiv Kal vXrjfiaTav ev t^ 



1 2. 2. 10. 



2 c/. 2. 2. 10. It appears that the buds of the poplar were 

 mistaken for fruit (Sch.); c/. Diosc. I. 81. Later writers 

 perpetuated the error by calling them k6kkoi. 



^ TOV ev Tjj "15?; conj. Sch.; rov iv rip "iSp U; tov iv ry 'iSrjy 

 MV ; iv rp WSr? Ald.H. 



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