THEOPHRASTUS 



TO o\ov crre\6-)(0<i evfirjKeaTepov to Be rov dppe- 

 ro9 TTOiKiXctyrepov koI ira'xyrepov koI crKXrjporepov 

 Kal TTspi^irirpov fiaXXov 6\a><; Se (f)av\6r€pov rrjv 

 oyjriv. iv Be tw kcovq) tw fiev tov appev6<i i(TTt 

 Kiipva oXiya iirl tov aKpov, tm Be Trj<i 6r}\eCa<; 

 oA-ft)9 ovBev, &)9 ol eK MaKeBovlw; eXeyov. e'xei Be 

 Trrepvya'; to (f>vWov Kal eV eXarrov, Mcrre rrjv 

 oXrjv fiop(f)r]v elvai OoXoeiBrj koL irapofJiOLov fid- 

 Xicrra Tat9 BofWTtai? Kvveafi' ttvkvov Be ovrco^i 

 ware fxijre ')(^i6va Bclevat ixr)6^ verov. oXox; Be Kal 

 rfi o-yjrei ro BevBpov KaXov Kal yap t) ^XdarrjaL'i 

 IBia Tt9, coairep etprjrai, irapa Ta9 dXXa<i Kal /lovr) 

 rd^iv exovaa' rm Be ixeyedei, fxeya Kal iroXv t^9 

 iTevKr\<i evjjbrjKecnepov. 



Ai,a(f)epet Be Kal Kara to ^vXov ov fiiKpov to 

 fiev yap t^ eXdTr)<i IvcoBe'i Kal fxaXaKov Kal kov- 

 ff)ov, TO Be Trj<; 7revK7)<; Ba8a)B€<; Kal ^api) Kal 

 aapKwBeaTepov. o^ov<; Be e^^ei 7rXeiov<; fxev rj 

 TrevKT] (TKXripoTepov<i B^ 77 eXdrrj, a')(eBov Be irdv- 

 Tcov ft)9 eiTvelv (TKXr]poT€pov<i, TO Be ^vXov fiaXa- 

 Kcorepov. oXa)<i Be ol 6^01 irvKvoTaTOL Kal (JTepeoi- 

 TaTOi jxovov ov Biatpavetf iXdTr]<; koI 7revKr)<; Kal 

 TO) 'X^pcofiaTi BaB(ioSeL<i Kal p,dXiaTa Bid(f)opoi tov 

 ^vXou, fxdXXov Be t^9 eXaTTj'i. e^et Be, axnrep rj 

 irevKT] Tr]v aly'iBa, Kal r] iXdrrj to XevKov Xovaaov 



^ Traxvrepov conj. W. ; irXarvrepoy Aid. 



'^ Plin. 16. 48 and 49. ^ For the tense see Intr. p. xx. 



^ <t)v\\ov, i.e. the leafy shoot. Sch. considers cpvWov to 

 be corrupt, and refers the following description to the cone ; 

 W. marks a lacuna after (piWov. Pliny, I.e., seems to have 

 read <(>v\\ov, but does not render koI iv' e\arrov . . . Kweais. 

 The words nal eV tKarrov can hardly be sound as they stand. 

 For the description of the foliage c/. 1. 10. 5. 

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