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It is interesting to note that he treats _Limulus_ as an Arachnid, pointing out that there is as much difference between _Apus_ and _Limulus_ as between _Cancer_ and _Phalangium_.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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(Phalangium), often called Daddy-long-legs; and upon Aphides, grasshoppers and other insects.
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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Phalangium a nobii ignoratur, nifi. fit herbula, quxpaflimoftcnditur albo flore, folio Alfines, fcdlanuginofo.
De Latinis et Graecis nominibus arborum, fruticum, herbarum, piscium ... Estienne Charles , Charles Estienne , Robert Estienne , Charles Estienne, ca 1504-ca 1564 1554
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BAUHIN informs us that HONORIUS BELLI sent it him from Crete under the name of _Phalangium_, leaving its true habitat to be settled more precisely hereafter, we shall observe, that it is one of those plants which soon accommodate themselves to any country; producing a numerous progeny both from roots and seeds, and by no means nice as to soil or situation; it is not long before it becomes a weed in the garden, from whence it is apt like the _Hyacinthus racemosus_, already figured, to pass into the field or meadow.
The Botanical Magazine Vol. 8 Or, Flower-Garden Displayed William Curtis 1772
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