# Enquiry into Plants 3.1-7

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, Η, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/3.1-7

III. Ἀνθεῖ δὲ τῶν μὲν ἄλλων ἕκαστον ἀθρόον, τὸ δὲ ὤκιμον κατὰ μέρος, τὰ κάτω πρῶτον εἶτ᾿ ὅταν ταῦτα ἀπανθήσῃ τὰ ἄνω, δι᾿ ὃ καὶ πολυχρόνιον ἐν τῷ ἀνθεῖν, καθάπερ κύαμος καὶ τῆς πόας τὸ ἡλιοτρόπιον καλούμενον καὶ ἄλλα δὲ τῶν ἀγρίων. ἀνθεῖ δὲ καὶ ὁ σίκυος πολὺν χρόνον· καὶ γὰρ ἐπιβλαστάνειν τούτῳ γε συμβαίνει. τὰ δὲ ἄνθη τῶν μὲν ἔκλευκα τῶν δὲ μηλινοειδῆ τῶν δὲ μικρὸν ἐπιπορφυρίζοντα, εὔχρουν δ᾿ οὐθέν.

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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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