CHAP. 64.—THE LAPPA, A PLANT WHICH PRODUCES WITHIN ITSELF.
THE OPUNTIA, WHICH THROWS OUT A ROOT FROM THE LEAF.
In the lappa, [Note] too, which clings so tenaciously, there is this
remarkable peculiarity, that within it there grows a flower,
which does not make its appearance, but remains concealed
and there produces the seed, like those among the animals
which produce within themselves. In the vicinity of Opus
there grows a plant [Note] which is very pleasant eating to man,
and the leaf of which, a most singular thing, gives birth to a
root by means of which it reproduces itself.