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841 
Fig. 841. Spotted Prince’s Pine, entire plant: the stem is a “‘leaf-stem.” 
Fig. 842. Diclytra (D. eucullaria), whole plant; it has a “ scale-stem.” 
in growing, but often becomes oblique or horizontal. There- 
fore we have, besides erect stems, stems prostrate, procumbent, 
trailing, when running along flat on the ground, or over 
bushes, as the Partridge-berry, White Wintergreen (Fig. 348) ; 
and, also, stems decumbent, first arising and afterwards re- 
clining on the ground, as the Poor-man’s-weather-glass (Fig. 
344), 
225. There are, also, subterranean stems, never arising 
224. What of the direction of the growth of stems? How does the stem 
of White Wintergreen grow? How the stem of Anagallis ? 
