# Enquiry into Plants 6.2-6

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, ΘΕΟΦΡΑΣΤΟΥ ΠΕΡΙ ΦΥΤΩΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ, Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/6.2-6

διχῆ δὲ ἡ τούτων διαίρεσις ἡ κατὰ τὴν χρείαν. τῶν μὲν γὰρ τὸ ἄνθος μόνον χρήσιμον· καὶ τούτων τὸ μὲν εὔοσμον, ὥσπερ ἴον, τὸ δ᾿ ἄνοσμον, ὥσπερ διόσανθος φλόξ. τῶν δὲ καὶ οἱ κλῶνες καὶ τὰ φύλλα καὶ ὅλως ἡ πᾶσα φύσις εὔοσμος, οἶον ἑρπύλλου ἑλενίου σισυμβρίου τῶν ἄλλων. ἄμφω δὲ φρυγανικά. κἀκείνων τῶν ἀνθικῶν πολλῶν ἡ φύσις φρυγανώδης, ἡ μὲν ἐπέτειος οὖσα μόνον, ἡ δὲ πολυχρονιωτέρα, πλὴν ἰωνίας τῆς μελαίνης· αὕτη γὰρ ἄκλων ὅλως ἀλλὰ προσριζόφυλλος καὶ ἀείφυλλος, ὡς δέ τινές φασι καὶ δυναμένη δι᾿ ὅλου φέρειν τὸ ἄνθος, ἐὰν τρόπῳ τινὶ θεραπεύηται. τοῦτο μὲν ἴδιον ἂν ἔχοι.

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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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