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shaped like the bottom of a ship. Within tlie ki'el 

 He the stamens and pistil tlu' most im|)ortant 

 parts of the (lower, and to protect them from injury 

 the standard is so formed as to catch the u ind like 

 a sail and turn the blossom round s(^ that this 

 broad petal shelters t'.ie keel from rain. 



SWKKT-l'KA. 



In our next ramble out of doors it will be well 

 to tr\' and gather all the s])ecimens we can fmd of 

 this order of |:)lants. If it be in summer or autumn 

 we shall soon collect a handful of these butterfl}-- 

 shaped flowers. 



On a common we shall tind broom, fur/.e, rest- 



