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BOSTON 



JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY, 



CONTAINING 



PAPERS AND COMMUNICATIONS 



READ TO THE 



BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY, 



1859—1863. 



PUBLISHED BY THEIR DIRECTION. 



VOL. VII. 



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 bOTANICAL 

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BOSTON 



MDCCCLXIII. 



