# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 2.16.4

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 2, Chapter 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/2.16.4

ὁ δὲ τῶν φύλλων μετασχηματισμὸς καὶ ἑτέρων κοινός· ἐπεὶ καὶ τὰ τοῦ κρότωνος ἔνια περιφερῆ φυόμενα τὴν ἀρχὴν ὕστερον ἀπογωνιοῦται καθαπερανεὶ διαρθρούμενα· τοῦτο δ᾽ ὅτι ῥᾷον τὸ ἁπλοῦν ἢ τὸ πολυειδὲς, ἀσθενὴς δ᾽ ἡ ἀρχή. τὸ δὲ σισύμβριον εἰς μίνθαν κατὰ τὴν ὀσμὴν εἴπερ ἄρα μεταβάλλει μόνον ἀπόλλυον τὴν οἰκείαν ἐξαμαυρούμενον διὰ τὴν ἀργίαν, ἐκείνην δ’ οὐ λαμβάνον ἀλλ᾽ ὥσπερ ὅμοιον ταῖς καλαμίνθαις γινόμενον. ἡ γὰρ μεταβολὴ πᾶσιν εἰς ὅμοιόν τι καὶ οὐ πόρρω τελέως φθειρομένων.

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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/.