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21.59 CHAP. 59.—PLANTS CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THEIR STEMS: THE CORONOPUS, THE ANCHUSA, THE ANTHEMIS, THE PHYLLANTHES, THE CREPIS, AND THE LOTUS.

Some, again, among the prickly plants have a stem which creeps along the ground, that, for instance, known as the "coronopus." [Note] On the other hand, the anchusa, [Note] the root of which is employed for dyeing wood and wax, has an upright stem; which is the case also with some of the plants that are prickly in a less degree, the anthemis, [Note] for example, the phyl-

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lanthes, [Note] the anemone, and the aphace: [Note] the crepis, [Note] again, and the lotus, [Note] have a foliated stem.



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