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DESCRIPTION 



OF 



VICTORIA REGIA 



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OR 



GREAT WATER-LILY 



OF 



SOUTH AMERICA, 



(WITH FOUR PLATES), 



BY 



Sm W. J. HOOKER, K.fL, D.C.L., F.R.A. AND L.S., Etc. 



VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE LINN.EAN SOCIETY, 



AND 



JBirator ni t\n a^opal taariinis of ^fUj* 



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Aspiring to the rank of Uueen, 



The Lily and the Rose." — Cowpee. 



MISSOURI 

 BOTANICAi. 



GARDEN. 



LONDON: 



KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND 



1847. 



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