# Enquiry into Plants 12.1-2

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, Γ, Chapter 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/12.1-2

ΧΙΙ. Κρανείας δὲ τὸ μὲν ἄρρεν τὸ δὲ θῆλυ, ἣν δὴ καὶ θηλυκρανείαν καλοῦσιν. ἔχουσι δὲ φύλλον μὲν ἀμυγδαλῇ ὅμοιον, πλὴν λιπωδέστερον καὶ παχύτερον, φλοιὸν δ᾿ ἰνώδη λεπτόν· τὸ δὲ στέλεχος οὐ παχὺ λίαν, ἀλλὰ παραφύει ῥάβδους ὥσπερ ἄγνος· ἐλάττους δὲ ἡ θηλυκρανεία καὶ θαμνωδέστερόν ἐστιν. τοὺς δὲ ὄζους ὁμοίως ἔχουσιν ἄμφω τῇ ἄγνῳ καὶ κατὰ δύο καὶ κατ᾿ ἀλλήλους· το δὲ ξύλον τὸ μὲν τῆς κρανεία. ἀκάρδιον καὶ στερεὸν ὅλον, ὅμοιον κέρατι τὴν πυκνότητα καὶ τὴν ἰσχύν, τὸ δὲ τῆς θηλυκρανείας ἐντεριώνην ἔχον καὶ μαλακώτερον καὶ κοιλαινόμενον· δι᾿ ὃ καὶ ἀχρεῖον εἰς τὰ ἀκόντια.

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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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