THEOPHRASTUS 



TWl' KOXO^MV (TV/JL/jieTp(0<i jdp €')(pV(TL TU) TTVKVU) 



Kal yecoSei koX rw vypM- ^€\tlov<; Be koI ck tmv 

 eveiKwv koX ^rjpMV koI Trpoafioppcov rj eK tmv 

 iraXiaKLwv Kal vypoov Kal 7ryoo9 vqtov Kal el 

 iviKfjbOTepa<i v\r]<i, irvKvrj'i' vypoTepa yap ij ttukvt]. 

 Kal oX,&)9, oaa r) (fivaet i) 8id [rbi^] tottov ^iiporepov 

 irvKVOTcpa, i^ uTravrcov /BeXrlco Sid rijv avTr^v 

 alriav. %/3eta. he ciWcov aWrj' tt/jo? evia yap 

 ^7)Tovcn rov<i fiaXaKov^, olov iv roi<; cnBi]p€ioi,<; 

 Tov<i rij'i Kapva<i rrj'i ^v^oiKi]<i, orav '^St] KCKav- 

 p,evo<i y, Kal ev rot? dpyvpeLOi<; toi/? ttitvivov^. 

 XpMvrai Be Kal at Texvai tovtol^. ^rjTOvat Be 

 Kal 01 p^aXvet? tou? TrevKivovi fidWov r) Bpvtvov<i' 

 KaiTOL dadevearepoi aXX' ei9 rrjv (pvcrrjaiv d/xei- 

 vov; &)9 rjcraov Karapapaivo/xevor eari Be rj (fiXo^ 

 o^VTepa Tovrcov. to Be 6\ov o^vrepa <p\6^ Kal 

 7) Tovroyv Kal i) roiv ^vXcov tmv p,avo)v Kal kov^wv 

 Kal T) rdov avaiv r] S' eK roSv ttvkvwv Kal ^(Xwpwv 

 vcoOecrrepa Kal ira'x^uTepa' iracroiv Be o^vtutij t] 

 €K TO)P vXi]fx,dr(ov' dv6paKe<i Be 6X(o<; ov yivovrai 

 Bid TO yu.^ e')(^etv to awfxaTOiBe^. 



Te/Mvovat Be Kal ^7]T0Ucn et9 t«9 dvOpaKi,d<; tu 



1 Ko\oBS>v con]. Palm.; KoWa^uv U; KoKd^mv A\A. 



^ Se /col ^K tSiv conj. W. ; Se koI oi rSiv UMVP; 5« ol rSiv 

 Ald.H. 



^ KoL el iviK/xoTtpat conj. W.; Koi oi ivaKfiortpas U; /col ^ iv 

 aKfx7)Tfpa,s MV; Kol ol iv aKfx-riTfpas Ald.Bas.Cam. The sense 

 seems to require vypoTtpas for iviK/xortpas and eviK/xoTtpa for 

 vyporepa. G seems to have had a fuller text. 



* i.e. from growing in a damper place, cf. 5. 9. 4. 



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