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commoii iDond of union; tut after tHiff, we must 

 ■oonfesa, we -cannot sliow you any great resemblance. 

 Vetcli or pea tribe^ ;rose or apple tribe, and hemlock 

 tribe, to say nothing of saxifrage and wiUow herb, 

 are not very similar. 



Pull this broom to pieces j it is an excellent 

 example of its order. Off come its petals one by 

 -one (Fig. 31), and an irregular Jot they look. ,In 



na. 31. Petals of common Broom, separated, a, standard; h i, wing; c.keol. 



truth, the pea-flowering tribe, ia this country alt 

 least, has very irregular flowers, by which we mean 

 that they can only be dividedone way' into twO 

 equal halves, You' pull off the petals < and the 

 stamens remain (Eig- 32)ja,iid there they ■'will re- 



