THEOPHRASTUS 



2 Apvo<? Br) yevrj — ravTijv yap jxaXiara Siaipovcri' 

 Kal hvLOi ye €v6v<; ttjv /xev rjixepov KuXovcrc rrjv S' 

 ayplav ov tTj yXvKvrrjjL rov Kapirov SiaipovvTe'i- 

 irrel yXv/cvraTo^ ye 6 Trj<i (prjyov, tuvtijv S' 

 aypiav rroiovaiv dX\a tw fiaXkov iv roi<i ipya- 

 (XLfiot(; (pveaOai Kal rb ^vXov ex^iv Xetorepov, 

 rr}v Be (prjybv Tpa^v Kal iv roi<i opetvoU — yevrj 

 fiev ovv 01 fiev rerrapa ttoloixtlv ol Be irevre. 

 BiaWaTTOvai 6' evia Tot9 ovofxacnv, olov rrjv Ta<; 

 y\vK€i,a<i ^epovaav ol fjuev rj/neplBa Ka\ovvT€<i ol 

 S' ervfioBpvv. ofioiox; Be Kal eV aWo)v. co? 8' 

 ovv ol irepl ttjv "iBrjv Biaipovai, raS' eVrt ra eoBr}' 

 r)p,epl<: alyikw^ TT\arv<^vWo<i <f>r)yo^ a\,i(f)Xoio<i- 

 oi Be evdv(f>\oiov KaXovciv. KcipTTifia fiev Trdvra' 

 yXvKvrara Be ra ri)^ (f)7]yov, Kaddirep eiprjrai, 

 Kal Bevrepov ra tt}? r]p,epiBo<i, eTreira t^9 nXarv- 

 (f)vXXov, Kal reraprov t) dXL(f)Xoi,o<;, ec'^arov Be 



3 Kal TTiKporarov 77 alyiXcoyfr. oy;^ diracat Be 

 yXvKeiai iv rot? yevecrtv dXX^ ivlore Kal TriKpal, 

 Kaddirep rj (jjrjyo'i. BLa^epovat Be Kal toI<; 

 fieyWeai, Kal To2<i cr)(^7]/xaai Kal Tot9 %/oot)/xacr£ 

 TMV ^aXdvcov. iBiov Be e^ovaiv )] re ^77709 Kal 

 7] dXi,(f)Xoio^' dfxcpoTepai yap TrapaXtOd^ovcriv iv 

 T0i9 dppecn KaXovfievoc<; i^ aKpcov tmv ^aXdvwv 

 eKarepcoOev, al /xev 7r/oo9 tu> KeXixpei al Be 7rpo<i 



1 Plin. 16. 16 and 17. 



^ See Index, 5pvs and fi/j.fpis. vfiepis, lit. 'cultivated oak.' 



3 Plin. 16. 20. 



204 



