# De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6) 6.10.1

Theophrastus, De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6), Book 6, Chapter 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/de-causis-plantarum-lib-2-6/6.10.1

Ἐπεὶ δ' οἱ χυμοὶ πλείους ἀπορήσειεν ἄν τις διὰ τί ποθ' οἱ μὲν ἄλλοι πάντες ἐν τοῖς φυτοῖς καὶ καρποῖς γίνονται, καὶ γὰρ πικρὸς καὶ δριμὺς καὶ ὀξὺς, ὁ δ' ἀλμυρὸς οὐκέτι· οὐδὲν γὰρ τῶν φυομένων ἁλυκὸν ὥστε καὶ ἐν ἑαυτῷ τοιοῦτον ἔχειν τὸν χυλὸν, ἀλλ' ἐν τοῖς περὶ τὰ ἔξω γίνεταί τις ἁλμυρὶς οἷον καὶ τοῖς ἐρεβίνθοις, αὐτοὶ δὲ γλυκεῖς. Αἴτιον δ' ὅτι ἄτροφον καὶ ὥσπερ ἀγέννητον τὸ ἁλμυρόν. Σημεῖον δ' ὅτι οὐδὲ φύεται οὐδὲν ὡς εἰπεῖν ἐν ταῖς τοιαύταις χώραις· διεσθίει γὰρ καὶ ἐξαιρεῖται τὰς δυνάμεις ὥστε κωλύειν τὴν σύστασιν.

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Theophrastus Phil., De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6). Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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