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GLIMPSES IXTO PLANT-LIFE 



Perhaps one of the most remarkable instances of 

 this class is the seed-pod (or capsule) of the Mar- 

 t}'nias. Durini,^ the \isit of the Prince of Wales to 

 India, a panther killed in one of the shooting 

 excursions was found to have quantities of long- 



SEED-rol) OF MARTYXIA. 



hooked seeds attached to his skin: these must have 

 been brushed from a plant of M ariyiiia proboscidea, 

 which has sharp curved horns three or four inches 

 long. 



Another species called by the Italians Testa di 



