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PLATE I. 



AquiJegia pubescens Coville. 



Fig. a, sepal ; b, petal ; c, staminodium, enlarged 2 diameters The structure 

 terminating the stem is a flower whose sepals and petals have fallen, leav- 

 ing the ovaries covered by the Btaminodia, the styks and stigmas exposed. 

 The main figure is reduced to four-fifths its natural size. Description ou 

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