THEOPHRASTUS 



KTjOevTa ixev 0X0)9 a')(^pela- Karap'^yvvrat <yap koX 

 SiaTTLTTTei' aTrekeKtjTa 8e j3e\ri(i), hi o koI ovtw 

 XpSivrai, fxo')(dr]pa 8e Kot ei9 Kavaiv koI el<i 

 avOpaKeiav a')(^peto<i yap oA-eo? avdpa^ hia to 

 TTTjBdv Koi aiTivOripi^eiV ifkrjv T0t9 %aX.«:ei)crt. 

 TovTOi^ Be 'X^prjai/xcorepo'i tmv aWwv Sea <yap to 

 airoa^evvvadai, orav iravarjrai <j)vacofi€vo<;, 0X1709 

 avaXiaKerai. [to he t^9 (i\.i(f>Xoiov 'x^pijcri/xov €t9 

 Toi'9 d^ova<; fxovov Kal ra TOtavTa.] hpv6<i p,ev 



ovv Tavra<i TTOiovat Ta9 lhea<i. 



IX. Twy he aXXcov e\dTTOV<i' Kal ax^hov to, 

 ye TrXetcTTa hiaipovai dppevi Kal drfkei, KaOdirep 

 etprjTai, TrXrjv o\iy<ov d)v eari Kal tj ivevKt)' 

 irevK'T]'^ yap to [xev rjixepov Troiovcri to h^ dypiov, 

 Trj<i S' dypLa<i hvo yevt]' KaXovat, he rrjv fiev ^Ihauav 

 rrjv he jrapaXiav rovrcov he opOorepa Kal fxaKpo- 

 repa Kal to (jivXXov e^ovcra 'rra')(vTepov rj ^Ihaia, 

 TO he (pvWov XeTTTOTepov Kal dfievrjvoTepov ^ 

 TrapaXia Kal Xeiorepov tov ^Xoiov Kal eh ra 

 hepfiara ')(^priai./j,ov' ij he erepa ov. Kal t&v 

 arpo^lXfov 6 fiev t?79 irapaXta'i a-rpoyyvXo<i re 

 Kal hia'X^daKwv ra')(e(o<;, 6 he t^9 ^\haia<i jxaKpo- 

 Tepo<i Kal ')(Xo)po<i Kal rjrrov ^dcTKCdv 019 av 

 dyptu)Tepo<i' ro he ^vXov Icr'xvporepov to t^9 

 7rapaXia<;' hei yap Kal Taf roiavTa^ hca(f)opd<i 



1 Plin. 16. 23. 



^ rh Se . . . roiavra : this sentence seems out of place, as 

 a\t<f>\oios was not one of the ' Macedonian ' oaks mentioned 

 above (Sch.). 



