THEOPHRASTUS 



avTrj %ft>pa Kol avvopco X^P9 '^^ f^^^ KapTTt/Jba ra 

 S' aKapna fyiverar KaOdirep koX to /cevravpiov ev 

 rfj 'HXeta, to jxev ev tT] opeivfj Kapnifjiov, to S' ev 

 Tfp irehiw aKapiTOv aWa jxovov avOel, to 8' ev Tol<i 

 KOiKoL^ TOTToi'i ovS' civOcl ttXtjv KaK(ti<i. hoKel 8' 

 ovv KoX TOiv dWcov TOiV opbO'^evoiv KoX ev fxid 

 irpoarjyopia to fiev aKapirov elvai to 8e KapTrifiov, 

 olov irplva 6 fiev KapiTLp^o^ 6 S' d/capiro'i' koI 



7 KkrjOpa he iiaavTW'i' avOet S' d/x(p(o. cr')(jehov he 

 oaa Kokovatv dppeva tmv ofioyevcov ciKapTra' koX 

 TOVTCOv TO, fzev TToWa avOelv ^aai to, S' oXtyov 

 TO. 8' oXw? ouS' avdelv to, he dvairaXiv, tcl p,ev 

 dppeva piova Kaprro^opelv, ov pbrjv aX)C utto ye 

 TMV dv6(ov (pveaduL to, SevSpa, KaOdirep Kol aTrb 

 TOiV KapjTMV oaa KapinpLa' kuI ev dp,(f)otv ovtw? 

 evioTe ttukvtjv elvac ttjv €K(f)vaiv a>aTe TOV<i 

 opeoTVTTOVf; ov hvvaaOai hiievai fir) oSoTroirj- 

 aafievov;. 



8 ^ Ap,(f)i(T^r)TelTat he Kal irepl tmv dvdoov eviwv, 

 axTTrep eiirop^ev. at p>ev yap Kal hpvv dvdelv 

 oXovTai Kal Trjv 'HpaKXecoTiv Kapvav Kal hioa- 

 /BdXavov, eTi he irevK'qv Kal ttItvv ol 8' ovhev 

 TOVTCOV, dXXd Tov covXov Tov ev Tat? KapvaL<; Kal 



TO ^pVOV TO hpvivOV Kal TOV KVTTapOV TOV TTLTV- 



^ X<i>pa. Koi Aid. ; f] Kal conj. St. 



^ i.e. the 'males' are sterile whether they flower or not. 

 Kal Tovruiv ra fxkv troWa I COnj. ; rovToiv ra noWa tA fiev Aid. 



* ? i.e. the flowers of the ' female ' tree. 



* i.e. (a) in those trees whose 'male' form is sterile, 

 whether it bears flowers or not ; (6) in those whose ' male ' 



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