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very different when the foliage-leaves are present. Along with 

 the Bracteole-Succulents may be mentioned Ceratocarpus are- 



Fig. 8. Salsola spissa, an annual bracteole-succulent. June. 



narius a plant of frequent occurrence many places in the 

 clay-desert. Its flat, spiny non fleshy leaves lose all their par- 

 enchyma during the summer and become reduced to thorns, 



