# Enquiry into Plants 14.3-2

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, Γ, Chapter 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/14.3-2

Μονογενὲς δὲ καὶ ἡ κλήθρα· φύσει δὲ καὶ ὀρθοφυές, ξύλον δ᾿ ἔχον μαλακὸν καὶ ἐντεριώνην μαλακήν, ὥστε δι᾿ ὅλου κοιλαίνεσθαι τὰς λεπτὰς ῥάβδους. φύλλον δ᾿ ὅμοιον ἀπίω. πλὴν μεῖζον καὶ ἰνωδέστερον. τραχύφλοιον δὲ καὶ ὁ φλοιὸς ἔσωθεν ἐρυθρός, δι᾿ ὃ καὶ βάπτει τὰ δέρματα. ῥίζας δὲ ἐπιπολαίους ἡλίκον δάφνης. φύεται δὲ ἐν τοῖς ἐφύδροις ἀλλόθι δ᾿ οὐδαμοῦ.

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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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