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light proceeded from the petals. But as it is well 

 known that when the pistil of a flower is impreg- 

 nated, the pollen bursts away by the elasticity of 

 the anthers, and may be to a certain extent elec- 



trifled, M. Haggern thinks that this emission of 

 light by flowers is electrical, and that it is caused 

 by the pollen which, in flying off, is scattered 

 upon the petals. Whatever we may be inclined 

 to think of this theory, the observations of M. 

 Haggern are exceedingly interesting. 



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