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An.iANi \\!. QUEBNALES.—Toe Qubbnai Ai.i.iw 



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 without albunu n. 



Tin AHi. 1:1.-'. which comprehends the common Oak and the Beech tree oi I 

 whose limits are in no degree invaded. The truly diclinous epigynous tl 

 vn 1 1 i • • 1 1 are uniformly arranged in catkins, and the exalbuminous Beeds with a 

 daloid embryo, offer marks of recognition n< >t t< > l<c- mistaken. That th< W 

 riy allied (.1 the < >ak -•-.ins incontestable, although it is often placi I in a 

 different part of the bj stem. lt> diclinous epigynous amentaceous fl< 

 radicle, are entirely those of the Mastworts, and the crumpled cotyledi 



11 are an imitation of those of the Walnut itself. Indeed it" the Walnut 



a many-celled fruit and a cupule, there would be no very g 1 reason 



it from Mastworts, except its resinous juii 



At this point the Diclinous Sub-class touches the Perigynous, where 1 



.' in some instances diclinous flowers, as i~ the case with P - up to 



the very limits of Juglands. On the other hand, the Myrobalans in the M; 

 Alliance are not very different from hermaphrodite Mastworts, and estal 

 . but well-marked, approach on the part of the Epigynous Sub-class. 

 The transition from the Quernal Alliance Beems to be formed by Garry's 

 whoso flowers arc s" imicli like those of Juglans, although the habit is diffi n ot, I 

 it were not for the minute embryo and large mass of albumen in Garrya it 1 

 it.-- place in the Qnernal Alliance. 



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