# Enquiry into Plants 10.5-2

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, Γ, Chapter 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/10.5-2

ὁ δὲ καρπὸς στρογγύλος πρόμακρος ἡλίκος κύαμος ὅμοιος τῷ τοῦ κιττοῦ, γωνίας ἔχων ὁ ἁδρὸς πέντε οἷον ἰνῶν ἐξεχουσῶν καὶ εἰς ὀξὺ συναγομένων· ὁ δὲ μὴ ἁδρὸς ἀδιαρθρότερος· διακνιζόμενος δὲ ὁ ἁδρὸς ἔχει μίκρ᾿ ἄττα καὶ λεπτὰ σπερμάτια ἡλίκα καὶ ὁ τῆς ἀδραφάξυος. τὸ δὲ φύλλον καὶ ὁ φλοιὸς ἡδέα καὶ γλυκέα· τὴν δὲ μορφὴν κιττῶδες τὸ φύλλον, πλὴν ἐκ προσαγωγῆς μᾶλλον ἡ περιφέρεια, κατὰ τὸ πρὸς τῷ μίσχῳ κυρτότατον, ἀλλὰ κατὰ μέσον εἰς ὀξύτερον τὴν συναγωγὴν ἔχον καὶ μακρότερον, ἔπουλον δὲ κύκλῳ καὶ κεχαραγμένον. μήτραν δ᾿ ἔχει τὸ ξύλον μικρὰν καὶ οὐ πολὺ μαλακωτέραν τοῦ ἄλλου· μαλακὸν γὰρ καὶ τὸ ἄλλο ξύλον.

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Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, ed. Arthur Hort. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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