# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.10.8

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 6, Chapter 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.10.8

ὅτι δὲ φαίνεται φυσικόν τι καὶ συγγενὲς ἐκεῖθεν δῆλον· ὅπου γὰρ ἂν σπαρῇ καὶ φυῇ πανταχοῦ λαμβάνει τὴν ἁλμυρίδα κἂν μὴ τὸ ἔδαφος ᾖ τοιοῦτον· ἐπεὶ καὶ τά γ᾽ ἐν τοῖς ἁλμώδεσι φυόμενα ἔχειν ἁλμυρίδα τινὰ οὐκ ἄλογον ὥσπερ ἄλλα τε καὶ τὸ ἅλιμον, ἔνια δὲ καὶ εὐχυλότερα καὶ βελτίω γίνεσθαι καθάπερ τὴν ῥάφανον· ἐξεσθίει γὰρ αὕτη τὴν δριμύτητα καὶ τὴν πικρότητα τὴν ἐνυπάρχουσαν ἅμα δὲ καὶ εὐμέριστόν τινα ποιεῖ παραιρουμένη τὴν ὑγρότητα τὴν πλείω· δεινοὶ γὰρ οἱ ἅλες ἀφελεῖν·

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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/.