# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.1.2

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 4, Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.1.2

καὶ ἀνάπαλιν δὲ λαμβανομένων· ἰσχυρότερα γὰρ ὄντα τὰ δένδρα βραδύτερον ἐκπέττει τοὺς καρπούς. ἔτι δὲ τὰ μὲν ἐν κελύφεσι δερματικοῖς καὶ ξυλώδεσιν· τὰ δ᾽ αὐτὰ πάλιν ἐν περικαρπίοις σαρκώδεσιν οἷον τὸ τῆς ἐλάας καὶ τὸ τῆς κοκκυμηλέας καὶ τὰ τῆς ἀπίου καὶ ἀμπέλου καὶ μηλέας· ἔνια δ᾽ ἐν ξυλώδεσιν ἅμα καὶ σαρκώδεσιν καὶ ὅλως ὅσα κάρυον ἐντὸς ἔχει τῆς σαρκός. τὰ δὲ τοῦ σίτου γυμνὰ καὶ μάλιστα τοῦ πυροῦ καὶ τῆς κριθῆς, εἰ δὲ μὴ χιτῶσί γε περιέχεται λεπτοῖς. ἀεὶ δὲ τὸ ἀσθενέστερον ἡ φύσις εἰς πλείω τίθεται φυλακήν. αἱ μὲν οὖν ἀπορίαι σχεδὸν τοιαῦται.

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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/.