# De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6) 6.11.13

Theophrastus, De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6), Book 6, Chapter 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/de-causis-plantarum-lib-2-6/6.11.13

Ἡ δ' ὀσμὴ σχεδὸν ἀνάπαλιν ἐπί γε τούτων· χλωραὶ μὲν γὰρ οὐκ ὄζουσιν ἢ οὐχ ὁμοίως, ἀποξηρανθεῖσαι δ' ὄζουσιν ὥσπερ καὶ τῆς ἴριδος καὶ ἡ τῶν καλάμων δὲ καὶ σχοίνων καὶ ἁπλῶς τῶν ἐνύγρων. Ἐπεὶ καὶ τὸ κύπειρον καίπερ ὀσμῶδες ὂν καὶ μὴ ξηρὸν ὂν ἧττον ὄζει πρόσφατον. Ἀκμὴ δέ τις καὶ τούτων ὥστ' ἀπομαραινόμενα μᾶλλον ἀοσμότερα γίνεσθαι.

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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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