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MONOGRAPH 



OF THE GENUS 



V L U T A 



" A convoluted sheU, 

 In frolic placed upon my shallop's side :— 

 A wondrous labjriutli where erst did dwell 

 A creature of the Indian seas ;— a cell 

 Fitted for Aphrodite."— iJoicrf 1I""I- 



