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tacle, the flowers being inside. You perhaps 

 know the Dorstenia, which is commonly 

 grown in greenhouses, it is allied to the fig, 

 but here the receptacle is flat and the flowers 

 can be seen, while in the fig they are quite 

 hidden from view." 



T/owcr* 



The little drawing that Mr. Baker sent me 

 explains the arrangement perfectly the male 

 flowers being situated by themselves in the 

 little entrance to the interior of the fig, whilst 

 the females occupy the whole of the cavity 



