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be considered again later on (page 608). In treating of 

 the dicotyledons first, however, we have tacitly assumed 



FIG. 374. Cat- tails. Typha angustifolia at left; Typha latifolia at right. 

 Staminate flowers above; pistillate flowers below. 



that they are the older forms, from which the mono- 

 cotyledons have been derived. 



