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more complicated than it looks. But, let us now analyse the curve. For 
this purpose we will consider each pair of branche separately. Of 
each branch-pair we will construct the curve of leaf-length-fluctuation. 
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Curve IIL 
Some of these curves are represented in the following illustration (curve III), 
drawn on a larger scale than in curve II. 
The increased-apecitity here appears in such an apparent manner, 
that it must have a particular signification; a signification which is corro- 
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