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dWa
nvd, Kaddirep
vSarcoSrj
6 tcop irvpcov,
dSpvperat
Tov 6epov<;, jxia^op he e')(ei jjuaKpov, to he dv6o^ 6/jiOLOP pohov fcdXvKiy fiei^op he /cal a')(ehov hiirXdaiop tS) fxeyeOei. tovto fxep ovp /cat to cj^vXXop eTrl tov vhaTO^* fjueTa he raOra, oTav Se
dTravOrjGrj /cal avaTJj to nrept/cdpTrLoPf /caTa/cXipe-
aOal
(pacTLP 669
to vhcop fjidXXop, TeXo^ he aupdiTTetp
TOV /capirop
TTj yfj /cal
e/cx^etv,
tovto /cal to elvai he tov ^ovto/jlov
¥iap7ro(j)opeLv he tcov ev ttj
^ovTopiov Kal TOV jjieXavay
TOV he
aihr]<^,
^
he
Tcb
ixdrrcou
.
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.
(jyXecov.
vdaros
a different reading. ^ i.e. the flower-head, called
ttjv
sense doubtful.
cf.
^
i.e.
petals.
t?79
G. seems to render
which, as well as the plant, was
can hardly be right Athen. 14. 64.
/uLTjiccovi
^
Tcp
KaXov/ievrjv dv9rjXY]v,
aibr}.
^
362
TrapaTrXtjcrtov
jmeyeOet (j>Xea)
Xifjuvr)
suspected by H.
