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of llie flower nece^ssary to their pcrrection. 

 So likewise the seeds of Mints, a tribe of 

 plants which increuse excessively by roots, 

 have liardly been detected by any botanist ; 

 and it is asserted by Doody in Ray's Sijnopsls^ 

 that when the elegant little Ornithopus pcr^ 

 pu.silhis, Engl. Bot, t, 36.Q, does not pro- 

 duce pods, it propagates itself by the grains 

 or tubercles of its root, though in general 

 the root is annuah 



