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SPECIMEN FROM PAGE 57. THE CONVOLVULUS TRIBE.

”181. The common bind-weed of our hedges may be taken as the representative of this very natural tribe of plants, distinguished by their _twining habit_, and by the peculiar _plaited manner_ in which the corolla is folded in the bud.”

”182. The calyx consists of five sepals, two of which are outside the remainder; there are five stamens, and a superior pistil, containing three or four cells, with about two seeds in each.”

QUESTIONS APPENDED AT THE FOOT.

”181. What are the marks distinguis.h.i.+ng the convolvulus tribe?”

”182. Describe the remaining parts of the flower?”

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SPECIMEN OF THE QUESTIONS.

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