# Enquiry into Plants 13.7

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

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

Πάρυδρον δὲ καὶ ἡ ἰτέα καὶ πολυειδές· ἡ μὲν μέλαινα καλουμένη τῷ τὸν φλοιὸν ἔχειν μέλανα καὶ φοινικοῦν, ἡ δὲ λευκὴ τῷ λευκόν. καλλίους δὲ ἔχει τὰς ῥάβδους καὶ χρησιμωτέρας εἰς τὸ πλέκειν ἡ μέλαινα, ἡ δὲ λευκὴ καπυρωτέρας. ἔστι δὲ καὶ τῆς μελαίνης καὶ τῆς λευκῆς ἔνιον γένος μικρὸν καὶ οὐκ ἔχον αὔξησιν εἰς ὕψος, ὥσπερ καὶ ἐπ᾿ ἄλλων τοῦτο δένδρων, οἷον κέδρου φοίνικος. καλοῦσι δ᾿ οἱ περὶ Ἀρκαδίαν οὐκ ἰτέαν ἀλλὰ ἑλίκην τὸ δένδρον· οἴονται δέ, ὥσπερ ἐλέχθη, καὶ καρπὸν ἔχειν αὐτὴν γόνιμον.

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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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