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With thee, ANnTHoxa! lead ambrofal lives

monſter the brades, or diviſions of the ſpike, become wonder-

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fully enlarged; and are converted into leaves. The c! of the calyx in Xeranthemum, and in a ſpecies of Dianthus, and the glume in ſome alpine graſſes, and the ſcales of the ament in the Salix Roſea, roſe willow, grow into leaves; and produce other kinds of monſters. The double flowers become monſters by the multiplication of their petals or nedaries, See note on Alcea,

Anthoxanthum. 1. 86. Verna]l graſs, Two males, two females. "The other grafles have three males and two females. The flowers of this graſs give the fragrant ſcent to hay. 1 am informed it is frequently viviparous, that is, that it bears ſometimes roots or bulbs inſtead of ſeeds, which after a time drop off and ſtrike root

imto the ground. This circumſtance is ſaid to obtain in m Uy

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