# Enquiry into Plants 4.9-3

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, Η, Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/4.9-3

Διαφέρει δ ἔνια καὶ τοῖς χρώμασιν· ἐν Ἰσσῷ γὰρ τὰ μὲν ἄλλα ὅμοια τοῖς ἄλλοις, λευκὰ δὲ σφόδρα τῇ χροιᾷ· φέρειν δέ φασιν ὅμοια τοῖς Σαρδιανοῖς. ἰδιωτάτη δὲ ἡ φύσις ἡ τῶν Κρητικῶν, παραπλησία δὲ τρόπον τινὰ τοῖς Ἀσκαλωνίοις, εἰ μὴ ἄρα καὶ ἡ αὐτή. ἐν Κρήτῃ γάρ ἐστί τι γένος ὃ σπειρόμενον μὲν ῥίζαν ποιεῖ φυτευόμενον δὲ καυλὸν καὶ σπέρμα, κεφαλὴν δὲ οὐκ ἴσχει, γλυκὺ δὲ τῷ χυμῷ· τοῦτο γὰρ οἷον ἀνάπαλιν ἔχει τοῖς ἄλλοις.

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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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