# Enquiry into Plants 11.11-2

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, I, Chapter 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/11.11-2

Ἡ δὲ ἄκαρπος ἔχει τὸ φύλλον ὅμοιον θριδακίνης τῆς πικρᾶς τραχύτερον δὲ καὶ λευκότερον. ῥίζαν δὲ βραχεῖαν. φύεται δὲ ὅπουπερ ἐρείκη πλείστη. δύναται δὲ ἡ ῥίζα καθαίρειν καὶ ἄνω καὶ κάτω· τὸ μὲν γὰρ πρὸς τὴν βλάστην ἄνω, τὸ δὲ πρὸς τὴν γῆν κάτω· κωλύει δὲ καὶ εἰς ἱμάτια τιθεμένη τοὺς σῆτας. συλλέγεται δὲ περὶ πυροτομίας.

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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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