# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.20.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 1, Chapter 20. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.20.1

Φέρει δὲ τοὺς καρποὺς τὰ μὲν ἐκ τῶν ἔνων, τὰ δὲ ἐκ τῶν νέων βλαστῶν διεστῶτα ταῖς φύσεσιν εὐθὺς κατὰ τὰς κράσεις. ὅσα μὲν ξηρὰ καὶ πυκνὰ καὶ ξυλώδη ταῦτα μὲν ἐκ τῶν ἔνων, ἅτε μικρᾶς καὶ βραχείας οὔσης τῆς ἐπιρροῆς. ἅμα δὲ καὶ ὁ βλαστὸς ἀσθενὴς ὥστε μήτε μετενεγκεῖν δύνασθαι μήτε κατασχεῖν, ὥσπερ ὁ τῆς ἐλάας. ὅσα δὲ ὑγρὰ καὶ μανὰ καὶ τὸ ὅλον εὐτραφῆ, ταῦτα ἐκ τῶν νέων· ἀθρόα γὰρ ἡ ὁρμὴ καὶ πολλὴ, δι᾽ ὃ ἄμφω δύναται ποιεῖν ἅμα τόν τε βλαστὸν καὶ τὸν καρπόν. οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ ἐκ τῶν ἔνων φέροντ᾽ ἀποβλάστημά τι ποιεῖται μικρὸν καὶ οὐκ εὐθὺς ἐκ τοῦ ξυλώδους ὁ καρπός· οὐδὲ γὰρ οὐδὲ πέφυκεν ἂν μή τι παράλογον.

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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.
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