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ment of the parts of a flower are usually lower than they are in the case of 

 the members of a vegetative shoot. Accounts of arctic vegetation always 



Fig. 405. North-polar flora. Draba alpina from Cape Chelyuskin. Natural size. 



After Kjellman. 



mention the vegetative shoots as reduced, whilst the flowers are often 

 described as large, and as a matter of fact the dimensions of the flowers, 



