WIND - TRAVELERS 



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The elastic tissue suddenly contracts when dehiscence 

 takes place, and the seeds are thrown violently. The 

 squirting cucumber is easily grown in a garden (procure 

 seeds of seedsmen), and the fruits discharge the seeds 

 with great force, throwing them many feet. 



276. Thistle-down ready for a journey. In a gentle wind it rides high in the air. 



302. WIND-TRAVELERS. Wind-transported seeds are 

 of two general kinds ; those which are provided with 

 wings, as the flat seeds of catalpa (Fig. 274) and cone- 

 bearing trees (Fig. 270) and the samaras of ash, elm, 



