THEOPHRASTUS TO oov crreXep^o? evjULrj/ciaTepov
to Be rov appevo^ iroLKikooTepov /cal 7Ta')(^VT€pov fcal afcXrjporepov KOi irepijJiriTpov fiaWov oXco^ Se ^avXorepov rrjv iv he tw koovco tco /nev rov appevo^ eart oylnv. KCLpva oXija eVl rod aKpov, tS) Se rrj^ OrjXeLa^; oXw? ovoev, ft)9 oi etc MaKeoovia<; eXeyov. e%6i oe TTTepvya^; to (pvXXov /cal eV eXaTTOV, (oare ttjv oXiqv fjiopcjyrjv elvai doXoeiSrj fcal irapofioiov fidXiara Tai<; ^oicoTLai<; Kweaf^* itvkvov he ovrcof; 6Xco<; he Koi coare /jLT^re yjLova hilevai purjO^ verov, /cal yap rj /SXaaTrjat^; rfj oy^ei to hevhpov KaXov ihia T^9, cocrirep elpriTai, irapa Ta? aXXa<; Kal jxovrj TCL^iv e')(^ovo'a* tq) he fiejedeo fieja /cal ttoXv tt}? 7rev/c7]<;
ev/jDj/ceaTepov.
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Aia^epei he fjuev
yap
Trj<^
^oVy TO he
/cal
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aap/ccoheaTepov,
irevKTi^
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he
o^ov(;
irevKT] (T/cXrjpoTepov^; S'
hahcohe^;
77
e%e^
/cal
^apv
irXeiov^
/cal
jjcev
tj
ayehov he irdvto he ^vXov fxaXa-
iXaTr/,
elirelv (j/cX7]pOTepov<^,
Kal aTepeooTaTOt fJLovov ov hta(f)av€L<^ eXdT7]<^ Kal TrevKr]^ Kal T(p ')(pco/jiaTL hahcohec^; Kal fjudXtaTa htacj^opoL tov ^vXoVy fiaXXov he tt)^ eXdTTj^;, e^e^ he, Mairep 97 TrevKTj TTJV alyiha, Kal rj eXdTrj to XevKov Xovacrov KooTepov,
oXco<; he ol 6^01 irv/cvoTaTOi
iraxvrepov conj. W. ; TrXarvTcpou Aid. ^ For the tense see Intr. p. xx. Plin. 16. 48 and 49. ^ (pvWov, i.e. the leafy shoot. Sch. considers (f)vov to be corrupt, and refers the following description to the cone ; W. marks a lacuna after cpvKXov. Pliny, I.e., seems to have ^
'^
read (pvWov^ but does not render koI ctt' cAuttov Kvveais. The words koX eV (Xarrov can hardly be sound as they stand. For the description of the foliage c/. 1. 10. 5. .
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