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or later bent by the wind) and in fig. 23. When growing, as it usually - 
does, on much trodden road-sides or in crowded fields it becomes 
sometimes much dwarfed. The erect type will then in most cases 
Fig. 21. Atriplex patulum, field 
no. 6. The upper under normal 
field conditions, the lower un- 
der sand culture conditions. Pots 
12 cm. high. 
have an appearance corresponding with the lower plant in fig. 
21, which belongs to the same biotype as the upper plant (field 
no. 6). It has been raised in sand culture. Plants belonging to the 
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