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FLORA OF THE 



admits of quite a different interpretation. The tri- 

 angular projections on the stem, I think, are meant 



W 



Fig. 58.— ((?) Superimposed lotuses, fig. 194, p. 390 ; {6) multiple 

 lotus palmette according to Goodyear. Fig. 132, p. 219, from 

 Persepolis Flandin's ' Voyage en Perse ' gives a number of 

 them. 



for the bases of the date leaves (see figs. 3 and 4), and 

 the palmette at the top I consider is meant to indicate 



