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ing the term " adaptation " to " design " in many cases. At any rate, 

 I am unable to see a reason for the special form and arrangement 

 of })arts in the honeysuckle flower, that will accord with prevalent 

 speculations, and am constrained to to believe the plant has been 

 forced to assume them for variety's sake. 



