# Enquiry into Plants 5.3-8

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, Θ, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/5.3-8

Καὶ παραπλήσιαι δὲ ἴσως αἱ τοιαῦται καὶ ἃς ἐπὶ τῶν σιτηρῶν ἐλέγομεν περὶ τῶν σταχύων καὶ αὐτῶν τῶν καρπῶν· ἐπεὶ καὶ οἱ καλούμενοι λοβοὶ σχεδὸν ἀκόλουθοι τοῖς σπέρμασίν εἰσιν, οἱ μὲν ἐπιπλατεῖς, ὥσπερ οἱ τοῦ φακοῦ καὶ τῆς ἀφάκης, οἱ δὲ κυλινδρώδεις μᾶλλον, ὡς οἱ τοῦ ὀρόβου καὶ τοῦ πισου· τὰ γὰρ σπέρματα ἑκατέρων τοιαῦτα τοῖς σχήμασι· ἀλλὰ τὰς μὲν τοιαύτας διαφορὰς πολλὰς ἄν τις εὕροι καθ᾿ ἕκαστον, ὧν αἱ μὲν κοιναὶ πᾶσιν αἱ δὲ ἴδιαι κατὰ γένος.

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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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