Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, ed. Arthur Hort, 1.9.1

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[1] IX. Ἔστι μὲν οὑν τὰ μὲν ὡς εἰς μῆκος αὐξητικὰ μάλιστ᾿ ἢ μόνον, οἷον ἐλάτη φοῖνιξ κυπάριττος καὶ ὅλως τὰ μονοστελέχη καὶ ὅσα μὴ πολύρριζα μηδὲ πολύκλαδα· ἡ δὲ φοῖνιξ ἀπαραβλαστητικόν· τὰ δὲ ὁμοῖα τούτοις ἀνὰ λόγον καὶ εἰς βάθος. ἔνια δ᾿ εὐθὺς σχίζεται, οἷον ἡ ¹²³⁴⁵ μηλέα· τὰ δὲ πολύκλαδα καὶ μείζω τὸν ὄγκον ἔχει τὸν ἄνω, καθάπερ ῥόα· οὐ μὴν ἀλλ᾿ οὖν μέγιστά γε συμβάλλεται πρὸς ἕκαστον ἡ ἀγωγὴ καὶ ὁ τόπος καὶ ἡ τροφή. σημεῖον δ᾿ ὅτι ταὐτὰ πυκνὰ μὲν ὄντα μακρὰ καὶ λεπτὰ γίνεται, μανὰ δὲ παχύτερα καὶ βραχύτερα· καὶ ἐὰν μὲν εὐθύς τις ἀφιῇ τοὺς ὄζους βραχέα, ἐὰν δὲ ἀνακαθαίρῃ μακρά, καθάπερ ἡ ἄμπελος.

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Enquiry into Plants

1. ¹ The opening of the description of the diseases of trees seems to have been lost. 2 κράδι; cf. C. P. 5. 1. 3.

2. ³ πάντως. . . γίνεται conj. W.; πάντως δὲ ὁ πρὸς τῇ γῇ καὶ οἷον τ. κ. στ. ἀπογηράσκων τῶν παχυτέρων γίνεται Ald.; so U except παχύτερον, and M except παχύτερος.

3. 4 πόγγρους: cf. Hesych., s.υυ. γόγγρος, κροτόνη.

4. 5 The word is otherwise unknown.

5. 6 ἧττον· ἡ δὲ ἐλάα conj. W.; ἧττον· ἡ δὲ φοῖνιξ πάραβλασ- ητικέν· ἡ δὲ ἐλαα U; so Ald. except παραβλαστικόν. The

Theophrastus Enquiry into Plants 1.9.1

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