THEOPHRASTUS 



10 'O 8e (fiOLvt^ i(TTt, fjLev irovnov /3/9a%L'o-TeA,6;^69 

 he (T<p6Spa, Kul cx^ehov evdetai at iK(f)vaec<i rwv 

 pd/3B(i)v Kol KarcoOev ov kvkKw avrai, Kaddirep 

 Tcoy pd/38a)v al uKpefiove^;, aX,X' axrav iv TrXdrei 

 Kara fxlav avve')(el<i, oXiya^^ov Se koI diraX- 

 XdTTOvaac. tmv he pd^hoov rj rwv d'JTO(f)va€cov 

 TOVTCov ofioia rpoirov riva rj (j)vai<; rot? tcov 

 d/cavdcov (})vWoi<i tmv aKavLKOiv, olov aoy/coiq 



KoX T0t9 TOLOVTOl^, TtXtJV Opdol Koi OV^, UXTTTep 



eKCtva, irepLKeKXaa fievai koI to <pvXXov e)(ov(Tai 

 hia^e^pcofievov vtto Trj<i dX/jiri<;- eVet to 76 hi 

 oXov rjKeLv rov [xeaov je KavXov koX rj aXXr) 6-\ln<; 

 TTapairXrjaia. to he 'x^pcofia kuI rovrcov koX twv 

 KavXwv Kol oXov rov ^vtov i^epvOpov re ar(p6hpa 



Kot <f)Ol,VlKOVV. 



Kal ra [lev iv r^he rfj OaXdrrj] roaavTa eartv. 

 r) ryap (XTToyyca Kal al dirXvaiat KaXovfxevai Kal 

 el Ti TOLovTov erepav e%ei (j>vaiv. 



VII. 'Ei' he rfi e^co rfj irepl 'HpaKXeov; arrfka^ 

 ro re rrpdcrov, oicnep el'prjrai, ^verai Kal ra 

 aTToXiOovfieva ravra, olov 0vfia Kal ra haipvoeihrj 

 Kal ra dXXa. rrj<; he epv9pd<i KaXov/j,evr)<s ev rfj 

 ^Kpa^ia fiiKpov iirdvoi Kotttou ev fiev rfi yfj 



^ KtLTcedev . . , airaWaTTovaai probably beyond certain re- 

 storation : I have added «:al before Karwdev (from G), altered 

 KVKKwBev to kvkKw, put a stop before koX Karwdev, and restored 

 airaWaTTovcrai (Ald.H.). ^ cf. 6. 4. 8 ; 7. 8. 3. 



* TTepiKeKhafffjLiva, i.e. towards the ground, cf. Diosc. 3. 

 68 and 69, where Plin. (27. 13) renders (pvWa) vwovfpiKXarai 

 ad terrain infracta. 



