# Enquiry into Plants 4.8-3

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, ΘΕΟΦΡΑΣΤΟΥ ΠΕΡΙ ΦΥΤΩΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ, Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/4.8-3

Σαρκώδης δὲ καὶ ἐδώδιμος ἡ τοῦ σόγκου· ἡ δὲ κύησις οὐκ ἀκανώδης ἀλλὰ προμήκης αὐτοῦ· καὶ τοῦτ᾿ ἴδιον μόνον ἔχει τῶν φυλλακάνθων ἀντεστραμμένως ἢ ὁ χαμαιλέων· ὁ μὲν γὰρ ἀφυλλάκανθος ὢν ἀκαιίζει. γηράσκον δὲ τὸ ἄνθος ἐκπαπποῦται, καθάπερ τὸ τῆς ἀπάπης καὶ τὸ τῆς μυρίκης καὶ ὅσα παραπλήσια τούτοις. παρακολουθεῖ δὲ μέχρι τοῦ θέρους τὸ μὲν κυοῦν τὸ δὲ ἀνθοῦν τὸ δὲ σπέρμα τίκτον, μικρὰν ἰκμάδα καὶ κέντρον ἔχον· ξηραινόμενον δὲ τὸ φύλλον διαχεῖται καὶ οὐκέτι κεντεῖ.

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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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