# Enquiry into Plants 13.7-2

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, Η, Chapter 13. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/13.7-2

Πρὸς μὲν οὖν τὰ ἄλλα τὰ συνάμφω ταῦτα ἴδια· πρὸς δὲ τὰ προανθοῦντα τῶν φύλλων καὶ τῶν καυλῶν, ὅπερ δοκεῖ ποιεῖν τὸ τίφυον καὶ ἕτερα τῶν ἀνθικῶν, ἔτι τε τῶν δένδρων ἡ ἀμυγδαλῆ μάλιστα ἢ μόνον, ὅτι ταῦτα μὲν ἅμα τῷ ἄνθει προφαίνει τὸ φύλλον ἢ εὐθὺς κατόπιν, ὥστε καὶ διαζητεῖσθαι περί τινων, ἐπὶ δὲ τούτων οἷον ἀφ᾿ ἑτέρας ἀρχῆς φαίνεται καὶ διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ἡμερῶν καὶ διὰ τὸ μὴ πρότερον βλαστάνειν πρὶν τοῦ μὲν τὸ ἄνθος τοῦ δὲ καὶ ὁ καυλὸς ὅλος ἀπογηράσῃ. ἡ δὲ βλάστησις προτέρα μὲν τῆς σκίλλης, ὑστέρα δὲ τοῦ ναρκίσσου· πολὺ δὲ πλέον τὸ φύλλον οὗτος ἀφίησι, καί ἐστιν ἡ ῥίζα αὐτὴ μικρὰ καὶ οὐ μεγάλη, προσεμφερὴς δὲ κατὰ τὸ σχῆμα τῷ βολβῷ, πλὴν οὐ λεπυριώδης. ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἔχει σκέψιν.

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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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