# Enquiry into Plants 2.6-6

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/2.6-6

Ἡ δὲ τοῦ τευτλίου μία μὲν μακρὰ καὶ παχεῖα καὶ ὀρθή, καθάπερ ἡ τῶν ῥαφανίδων, ἀποφύσεις δὲ ἔχει παχείας ὁτὲ μὲν δύο ὁτὲ δὲ καὶ τρεῖς ὁτὲ δὲ καὶ μίαν, τὰς δὲ μικρὰς ἐκ τούτων. σαρκώδης δὲ ἡ ῥίζα καὶ τῇ γεύσει γλυκεῖα καὶ ἡδεῖα, δι᾿ ὃ καὶ ὠμὴν ἐσθίουσί τινες· ὁ δὲ φλοιὸς οὐ παχὺς οὐδὲ ἀφαιρετός, ὥσπερ ὁ τῶν ῥαφανίδων, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον οἷος ὁ τῶν ἱπποσελίνων. ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ ἡ τῆς ἀδραφάξυος μία μὲν εἰς βάθος ἐκ ταύτης δὲ ἄλλαι.

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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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