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Sundry characteristics of grains and vegetables.

Mythological motifs. · Origin of plant characteristics. · Origin of various plant characteristics. · Other plant characteristics. · view the constellation · filed as A2793

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Filed under Other plant characteristics.

9 finer motifs beneath it
Why bean has black stripe. (Cf. A2741.1.) Why grain of wheat is divided Why some yams are good, some bad. (Cf. A2741.2.) Why potatoes are hard. (Cf. A2721.3.2.) Why grain grows only at top of stalk (punishment for men's sinfulness) Origin of shapes of grain Why rice is so abundant Why millet is red on top Why buckwheat produces twice a year
Filed beside it
Budding and bearing of plant Color of plants Why trees remain fixed Why certain trees are dwarfed. (Cf. A2721.2.1.) Why certain plants are cursed Why certain plants (trees) are blessed Why certain tree is tall Origin of plant names Origin of combustible property of wood Medicinal properties of trees Origin of shape of particular tree Why certain tree is hardy Sundry characteristics of trees Sundry characteristics of shrubs Sundry characteristics of vegetables Sundry characteristics of flowers

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