# Enquiry into Plants 2.2-2

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, B, Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/2.2-2

Τοσαυταχῶς δὲ οὔσης τῆς δυνάμεως τὰ μὲν πολλὰ τῶν δένδρων, ὥσπερ ἐλέχθη πρότερον, ἐν πλείοσι τρόποις φύεται· ἔνια δὲ ἀπὸ σπέρματος φύεται μόνον, οἷον ἐλάτη πεύκη πίτυς ὅλως πᾶν τὸ κωνοφόρον· ἔτι δὲ καὶ φοῖνιξ, πλὴν εἰ ἄρα ἐν Βαβυλῶνι καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ῥάβδων φασί τινες μολεύειν. κυπάριττος δὲ παρὰ μὲν τοῖς ἄλλοις ἀπὸ σπέρματος, ἐν Κρήτῃ δὲ καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ στελέχους, οἷον ἐπὶ τῆς ὀρείας ἐν Τάρρᾳ· παρὰ τούτοις γάρ ἐστιν ἡ κουριζομένη κυπάριττος· αὕτη δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς τομῆς βλαστάνει πάντα τρόπον τεμνομένη καὶ ἀπὸ γῆς καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ μέσου καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνωτέρω· βλαστάνει δὲ ἐνιαχοῦ καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ῥιζῶν σπανίως δέ.

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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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