# Enquiry into Plants 11.4-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/11.4-2

πυκνόρριζον δὲ καὶ παχύρριζον καὶ μετέωρον. καρπὸν δὲ οἱ μὲν περὶ τὴν Ἴδην οὐχ ὑπελάμβανον ἔχειν οὐδ᾿ ἄνθος· ἔχει δ᾿ ἐν λοβῷ λεπτῷ καρπὸν καρυηρὸν ὡς τῶν ἀμυγδαλῶν ὑπόπικρον τῇ γεύσει. φέρει δὲ καὶ ἕτερ᾿ ἄττα οἷον βρύα, καθάπερ ἡ δάφνη, πλὴν στιφρότερα· καὶ ἕκαστον καθ᾿ αὑτὸ σφαιροειδές, ὥσπερ τὰ τῶν πλατάνων· τούτων δὲ τὰ μὲν περὶ τὸν καρπόν, τὰ δ᾿ ἀπηρτημένα πολύ, καὶ τὰ πλεῖστα οὕτω. φύεται δὲ ἡ μὲν λεία περὶ τὰ βαθυάγκη μάλιστα καὶ ἔφυδρα, ἡ δὲ τραχεῖα καὶ περὶ τὰ ξηρὰ καὶ πετρώδη. ἔνιοι δὲ καλοῦσι τὴν μὲν μελίαν τὴν δὲ βουμέλιον, ὥσπερ οἱ περὶ Μακεδονίαν.

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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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