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Conard, Henry S.

The Waterlilies A Monograph of the Genus Nymphaea

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Washington DC: The Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1905. Carnegie Institution Publication No. 4. Quarto. xiii, 279p. Illustrated with 82 text figures and 30 full-page plates, 12 in color. Bound in quarter green morocco over linen boards, original wrapper bound in. Fine, private library stamp on front wrapper.

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