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21.65 CHAP. 65.—THE IASIONE. THE CHONDRYLLA. THE PICRIS, WHICH REMAINS IN FLOWER THE WHOLE YEAR THROUGH.

The iasione [Note] has a single leaf only, but that so folded and involved, as to have all the appearance of being several in number. The chondrylla [Note] is bitter, and the juice of the root

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is of an acrid taste. The aphace, too, is bitter, and so is the plant called "picris," [Note] which also remains in flower the whole year through: it is to this bitterness that it is indebted for its name. [Note]



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