Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 70
inplan of the open lotus, or even of the seed vessel of theflower, but Flinders-Petrie has shown ^ that manyrosettes are plainly representations of other flowers, andthat others are probably of technic origin. Somerosettes are, however, unmistakably lotus rosettes(Figure 40, page 47). The lotus… … Fig. 4^. The PapyrusIN Nature. Other Plant Forms. The pajDj^us (Fig. 42) is the most important ofthese. Its straight, stiff triangularstem with four root-leaves wrappingits slightly swelling base, is imitatedin the clustered shafts of many col-umns (Plate III, 11), and paintedas a decoration on…
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