# Enquiry into Plants 14.1

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, ΘEOΦPAΣTOΥ ΠEΡΙ ΦΥΤΩN ΙΣTOΡΙΑΣ, Chapter 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/14.1

XIV. Διαφέρει δὲ τὰ δένδρα καὶ τοῖς τοιούτοις κατὰ τὴν καρποτοκίαν· τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἐκ τῶν νέων βλαστῶν φέρει τὰ δ᾿ ἐκ τῶν ἔνων τὰ δ᾿ ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων. ἐκ μὲν τῶν νέων συκῆ ἄμπελος· ἐκ δὲ τῶν ἔνων ἐλάα ῥόα μηλέα ἀμυγδαλῆ ἄπιος μύρρινος καὶ σχεδὸν τὰ τοιαῦτα πάντα· ἐκ δὲ τῶν νέων ἐὰν ἄρα τι συμβῇ κυῆσαι καὶ ἀνθῆσαι (γίνεται γὰρ καὶ ταῦτ᾿ ἐνίοις, ὥσπερ καὶ τῷ μυρρίνῳ καὶ μάλισθ᾿ ὡς εἰπεῖν περὶ τὰς βλαστήσεις τὰς μετ᾿ Ἀρκτοῦρον) οὐ δύναται τελεοῦν ἀλλ᾿ ἡμιγενῆ φθείρεται· ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων δὲ καὶ τῶν ἔνων καὶ τῶν νέων εἴ τινες ἄρα μηλέαι τῶν διφόρων ἢ εἴ τι ἄλλο κάρπιμον· ἔτι δὲ ὁ ὄλυνθος ἐκπέττων καὶ σῦκα φέρων ἐκ τῶν νέων.

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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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