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as the Compositor, Leguminosce, etc., or some one or more 



IV. VI. 



Fig. 35.—Mijri'ca. I. Flowering shoot. II. Monoecious inflorescence; female 

 flowers above ; male, below. III. Bract and stamens of male flower. IV. Pistil 

 of the English Af. Ga'le, Sweet Gale. V. Transverse section of fruit. VI. Embryo. 



genera of a family may abound in species, as the Heath ; 



