# Enquiry into Plants 15.2

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, Γ, Chapter 15. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/15.2

γένη δὲ δύο ἀμφοῖν· αἱ μὲν γὰρ στρογγύλον αἱ δὲ πρόμακρον φέρουσι τὸ κάρυον· ἐκλευκότερον δὲ τὸ τῶν ἡμέρων. καὶ καλλικαρπεῖ μάλιστά γ᾿ ἐν τοῖς ἐφ ύδροις. ἐξημεροῦται δὲ τὰ ἄγρια μεταφυτευόμενα. φλοιὸν δ᾿ ἔχει λεῖον ἐπιπόλαιον λεπτὸν λιπαρὸν ἰδίως στιγμὰς λευκὰς ἔχοντα ἐν αὐτῷ· τὸ δὲ ξύλον σφόδρα γλίσχρον, ὥστε καὶ τὰ λεπτὰ πάνυ ῥαβδία περιλοπίσαντες κανέα ποιοῦσι, καὶ τὰ παχέα δὲ καταξύσαντες. ἔχει δὲ καὶ ἐντεριώνην λεπτὴν ξανθήν, ᾗ κοιλαίνεται. ἴδιον δ᾿ αὐτῶν τὸ περὶ τὸν ἴουλον, ὥσπερ εἴπομεν.

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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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