VII. _Urdha Srotas_ -- or with upward current of the food taken, the

Sthavara or Immobile kingdom with six divisions. 1) _Vanaspati_ -- Plants that fructify without flowers. 2) _Oshadhi_ -- Creepers that last till the ripening of fruits. 3) _Lata_ -- Ascending creepers. 4) _Tvaksara_ -- Those of which the growth is not in the centre, but in the dermal regions, as bamboos. 5) _Virudh_ -- Non-ascending woody creepers. 6) _Druma_ -- Flowering plants. The consciousness of all the six classes is almost obscured by Tamas. They are sensitive only to internal touch. They have many peculiarities.