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(c) follows (b) rather than (a) in most respects, we may conclude that 

 theoretically it copies (b) in this particular also.* 



The apparent constituents of the shaft may be correctly said to be 

 lilies and reeds. By lilies is meant Kymphceacece, or " water-lilies " in 

 the broad sense;! an d hy reeds, Cyperacece, or sedges. £ These two 

 families of plants, besides being somewhat widely separated in inter- 



Fir. 7. 



Fiff. 8. 



2.70-> 



* For a good specimen of sharp edges, see Rouge, plate 62. They have 

 even been considered blemishes to the column : Long, Eg. Antiquities in the 

 Brit. Museum, (London, 1846,) p. 113. 



t See Gray, Struct, and System. Botany, (New York, 1873,) p. 385; Manual, 

 (New York, 1858,) p. 22. 



t Gray, S. and S. Botany, p. 496 ; Manual, p. 490. 



Fig. 7. Bundle Column of the Papyrus group, second variety, from the Hypo- 

 style Hall, Karnak. (After Lepsius.) 



Fig. 8. Horizontal sections through capitals of the two sorts of Bundle Col- 

 umns, showing difference of form both in the large stems constituting the 

 shaft and capital, and in the astragal pieces that are inserted between the 

 stems. (After Lepsius.) 

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