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.”[2221] On the other hand, the anchusa,[2222] 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,[2223] for example, the phyllanthes,[2224] the anemone, and the aphace:[2225] the crepis,[2226] again, and the lotus,[2227] have a foliated stem.