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.