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the frudtification is already in an 
advanced ftate; and keep their leaves 
in the beft condition, and even pufh 
out continually new ones, long after 
the whole fructification is finifhed; 
which feems to indicate, that the 
chief ufe of thefe fans is mot<to 
affitt the fr oe and propaga- 
tion of fpecies. .Thete fans, 
en eapieacd, feem to G 
pe aie a ae 
- ‘. om pofe 
or arrange themfelves in fuch a 
manner as to expofe their upper and 
varnifhed furface to the direét ins 
finence of the fun, and to hide as 
auch as g they can 1 their under fur- 
: Teauired rather. the light of. Fe Tin 
than the influence of its heat, as 
~ their polithed furfaces mutt. reflect 
fome of the rays of the fun, aud 
_ thus moderate the degree of heat. 
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