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more casih' referred tf) b)- this word than if we 

 had each time to express it b)- a sentence. 



Gathering a newlj'-opened flower, we can see at 

 a j^dance that the sepals are placed (luite below the 

 central L,n'een or_L;ans of the flower, and that the\' 

 arc in no waj- influenced by the petals ; we also see 

 that the jietals are entirely separate from the other 



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parts of the flower, and we learn, as the result of 

 our examination, that the parts of the buttercu]) 

 arc /rtr. To express this botanicalK- we prefix 

 the word " pol\' " to the words sepals and petals, 

 and so we get polysepaloiis, meaning that the sepals 

 are quite free and distinct, and polypetalous referring 

 to the same condition of the petals. 



Now, having removed the petals and sepals, we 



