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PELLITORY

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 71 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PELLITORY  , in

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botany, the
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common name for a small hairy perennial
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herb which grows on old walls, hedgebanks and similar localities, and is known botanically as Parietaria officinalis (
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Lat. paries, a
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wall) . It has a
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short woody rootstock from which
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spring erect or spreading stems 1 to 2 ft.
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long, bearing slender leafy branches, and axillary clusters of small
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green
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flowers . It belongs to the
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nettle
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order (Urticaceae), and is nearly allied to the nettle, Urtica, but its hairs are not stinging .

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