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one of Luleå. All along by the road side 

 I remarked the curious manner in M'hich 

 the Fir blossoms. Its branches produce a 

 fresh shoot every year from their extremity ; 

 by observing the series of which shoots the 

 age of the tree can be accurately computed. 

 They retain their original leaves, which are 

 needle-shaped, for three years ; but when 

 these fall the same branch never acquires 

 any more. The male flowers, each of 

 which is a corymhus of stamens, grow from 

 the side of the present year's shoot, near 

 its base; but the female ones proceed from 

 the extreme point, and are round and red. 

 Both kinds of flowers are however but sel- 

 dom found on the same shoot. 



In the Money-wort (Linncea horealis), 

 though its flower is, not without reason, 

 reckoned by every body of the regular 

 kind, its stamens indicate the contrary. 

 They are four as in labiate flowers, two 

 small, and two longer ones near the other 

 side. Betwixt these the pistil is situated, 

 being bent towards one side as in labiate 



