THEOPHRASTUS 



4 T€pfiip0o)v, aXXo 8' ovSev ire^vKevat. ^likov he 

 e%et yXLcTXpov real pi^a<i la')(vpa^ Kara ^ddov<i, 

 KoX TO o\ov avayXeO pov avdo<i Se o/noiov t& tt}? 

 ekda^, Tw ')(^p(o/jiaTi 8e epvOpov. <f)vWov, nrepl 

 €va ixla')(pv TrXeict) BacpvoeiBij Kara av^vyiav, 

 wcTTrep KoX TO TT]<i o'ir}<;' koX to e^ uKpov irepiTTOV 

 TrXrjv e<y<yo)vca)T€pov tt}? otrji; koX ha<^voeiheaTepov 

 he kvkKo) Kol XLirapov dirav ajxa tS) Kapirw. 

 <^epeL he kol KcopvKcohrj Ttva KOiXa, KaOdirep ?} 

 TTTeXea, ev oh 6rjpihi,a iyyuyveTai, Kwywiroeihrj' 

 e<y<yi'yveTai he tl kol pr]Tiv6!)he<i ev T0VT0t<} koI 

 f^Xiaxpov ov fiTjv evdevTev ye r] prjTtvr) auWe- 

 yeTai aXhC diro tov ^vXov. 6 he Kapiro^ ovk 

 d(jiLr]at ptjTLvrjf; irXrjdo'i, dXXa TrpoaexeTac fiev 

 Tai<i %e/>o"''j Kciv fxrj 7rXv6fj /jueTO, ttjv crvXXoyrjv 

 avvexeTur 7rXvv6/x€vo<; he 6 fiev XevKO'i koL 

 aTrcTTTO? eirLTTXel, 6 he [xeXa<i vcpia-TUTai.. 



5 'H he TTv^of; pueyedet, fiev ov pieydXr), to he 

 (pvXXov op^oiov e%ef pbvppivw. (f)veTat S' ev Tol<i 

 ■^vxpol'; TOTTOL^ KOI Tpa')(ecTi' Kcu yap to, KvToypa 

 TowvTov, OV Tj TrXeLaTT] ylveTar ■\jrvxpo<} he koI 

 "OXvfnro<? 6 M.aKehovi/co'i' koX yap evTavOa 

 ylveTai 7rXr)v ov /leydXrj' /jieyicrTr) he /cav kuX- 

 XiaTt] ev Kvpvo)' Kul yap evfiijKei'i Kal iraxo^ 

 exovaat ttoXv irapd Ta9 dXXa<i. hi b Kal to 

 /xeXi ovx vhv o^ov T)]<i ttv^ov. 



^ TTXeiw : sc. <pv\\a, ill loose apposition to (j>v\\ov. Ap- 

 parently the leaf is said to resemble that of oir) in its compo- 

 site structure, but that of the bay in shape : cf. 3. 12. 7. 



^ oiTrav a/xa conj. W. ; a/xa airav UAld. 



3 cf. 2. 8. 3; 3. 7. 3; 3. 14. 1. KwpvKdSv conj. R. Const.; 

 KopvooSr] Aid.; KwpvtiSTj H. ; KapvuSr} mBas. 



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