# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.6.9

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 4, Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.6.9

μεῖζον δ᾽ ἔτι καὶ τῶν περὶ τὰ σπέρματα καὶ τοὺς καρποὺς ἀπορημάτων οὐχ ὑποπίπτον δὲ ὑπὸ τὴν αἰτίαν ταύτην τὸ περὶ τὸν λωτὸν συμβαῖνον· τοῦτο δέ ἐστι δένδρον παρόμοιον ἔχον τὸν καρπὸν τῷ λωτῷ· καὶ τὸ περὶ τὸν τιθύμαλλον τὸν μυρτίτην καλούμενον· τοῦτο δ᾽ οὐ δένδρον ἀλλὰ θάμνος ἐπιγειόκαυλος· ἀμφότερα γὰρ ταῦτά φασι παρὰ μέρος φέρειν ἐξ ἑκατέρων τῶν βλαστῶν ὥστ᾽ ἀνάγκη τὸν μερισμὸν τῶν δυνάμεων ἐν ταῖς ῥίζαις ποιεῖν. ἀλλὰ περὶ μὲν τούτων ἐπισκεπτέον.

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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/.