# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.19.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 1, Chapter 19. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.19.1

Ἐπεὶ δ᾽ ἕτερον τὸ περικάρπιον, τοῦτο γὰρ πρὸς τὴν χρῆσιν ἡμῶν, ἀνάγκη μὲν τούτων ὅρον τινὰ καὶ χρόνον εἶναι, τὸν δὲ ὑπερβάλλοντα λυμαίνεσθαι χειμώνων τε καὶ ὑδάτων καταλαμβανόντων· τῶν δὲ καρπῶν μὴ εἶναι· συγκαταρρέουσι γὰρ τούτοις προεκπηδῶσιν ὥσπερ οἱ τῆς πιττώδους πεύκης καὶ ὅλως τῶν κωνοφόρων· προσηρτημένων γὰρ ἔτι τῶν κώνων ἐκπηδᾷ τὰ κάρυα καὶ καταλείπονται κενοί. ταὐτὸ δὲ συμβαίνει τοῦτο καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν κυπαρίττων, ἀλλ᾽ ἔνθα μὲν τὸ σπέρμα καρυῶδες, ἔνθα δὲ ὑμενῶδες καὶ ἀμενηνόν.

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Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, ed. Friedrich Wimmer. 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0093.tlg002.local001/.