# Enquiry into Plants 11.6

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, ΘEOΦPAΣTOΥ ΠEΡΙ ΦΥΤΩN ΙΣTOΡΙΑΣ, Chapter 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/11.6

καὶ γὰρ τούτῳ ἔχουσι διαφορὰν καίπερ ἀμφότερα περιεχόμενα σαρκώδει τινὶ καὶ τῷ τοῦτο περιειληφότι μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων· τὰ μὲν γὰρ περὶ ἕκαστον ἔχει πυρῆνα τὸ σαρκῶδες τοῦτο τὸ ὑγρόν, αἱ δὲ κεγχραμίδες ὥσπερ κοινόν τι πᾶσαι, καθάπερ καὶ τὸ γίγαρτον καὶ ὅσα τὸν αὐτὸν ἔχει τρόπον. ἀλλὰ τὰς μὲν τοιαύτας διαφορὰς τάχ᾿ ἄν τις λάβοι πλείους· ὧν δεῖ τὰς κυριωτάτας καὶ μάλιστα τῆς φύσεως μὴ ἀγνοεῖν.

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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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