THEOPHIIASTUS 



ta'xet irXi-jv ra fxev i\dTT0V<; to, 8e TrXciOv;, KaOd- 

 irep avKr) firjXea koI aTrio^;. o)? 8e aTrXco? elirelv 

 rfKiara cTKcoXrjKovvTat, rd Spifiea koX OTrcoSr), Kal 

 d,aTpo/3oX€iTai coaavrco^;' /mdWov 8e rot? veoL<i r) 

 rot<i ev uKfiT) TOVTO crvixj3aivei, navrcov Se [xd\i,ara 

 rfi re crv/cfj koI rfj dfiireXcp. 



'H 8' iXda 77/909 T(5 Toi'9 a-KcoXrjKa'; 'i(T')(eiv, ot 

 Brj Koi rtjv a-VKrjV Sia(p6etpovcnv evriKTOVTef, (f)V€i, 

 Koi rjXov 01 Se ixvKrjra KaXovaiv, evtoi, he Xoirdha' 

 TOVTO S' icTTlv olov rjXlov Kav(Ti<;, 8i,a<f>d€tpovTaL 

 8' ivioTe Kal al veai iXdai 8id Trjv virep^oXrjv t^? 

 TroXvKapirla'i. rj he ■yjrcopa Kal ol '7rpoacf)v6p,€VOi 

 KOj^kiat, (TVKrj^ elaiv oi> iravTa'X^ov he tovto 

 a-vp,/3aLvei Tai<i avKal'i, dXX' eocKe Kal tu 

 vo(77]fiaTa jLvea-Oat /caro. toj)? tottou?, Mairep Tol<i 

 ^oiOL<i' eirel irap" eVtot? ov ^Ircoptcocri, KaOdirep ovSe 

 irepl TTjv Klveiav. 



' AXlaKeTai he avKrj pidXiaTa Kal a<^aKeXL(TfjiS> 

 Kal Kpdh(p. KoXetTat, he a(f)aKeXicrfM6<; pev OTav al 

 pi'(^ai p^eXavdcoai, Kpdho^ 5' oTav ol KXdSor Kal 

 yap KoXovcri Tive<; KpdSov?, 66ev Kal Tovvopa ttj 

 v6(T(p' 6 S' epiveo<i ovTe KpaSa out€ a<^aKeXi^ei 

 ovTe ■y^rwpia ovtb crKcoXrjKOVTat Tac<; pi^al<i 6p,oica<;' 

 ovSe Srj ra epivd Tive<i aTro/SaXXova-iv ovS* idv 

 ep.<j)VTevda)aiv eh avKrjv. 



1 ottc^.Stj UMVAld. ; fvdSn H., evidently from Plin. 17. 221. 

 cf. a P. 5. 9. 4 and 5. 



'^ AoTTttSo : Plin. 17. 223, patella. Tlie ?i\os is an abortive 

 bud, called in Italian novolo. 



* T)\iov Kavffis COW], Seal, from Plin. I.e. veluti solis exusHo : 

 so also G ; fiAoiavTov U ; ?i\oi avrhv V; ^Ao« avrwv M ; ^Ao< 

 avTwv Aid. which W. prints provisionally. 



