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LETTERS TO MARCO 



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has a large and beautiful pod possessing the 

 scent and somewhat of the colour of the flower; 



Biretta-like seed-pod of QLnothera taraxifolia. 



when the seed is ripe the pod splits open 

 down its six seams, and forms quite a pretty 



Seed-pod of Violet. 



flower, so to speak, for the second time. 

 The seeds themselves are intensely slippery, 



