WIND - TRAVELERS 



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The elastic tissue suddenly contracts when dehiscence 

 takes place, and the seeds are thrown violently. Tin; 

 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. 



270. Thistle-down ready for u journey, in :i gentle wind ii rldea high In the air, 



302. WIND-TRAVELERS. Wind-transported Beeds are 

 of two general kinds; those which are provided with 

 wings, us the flat Beeds of catalpa (Fig. 274) and cone- 

 bearing trees (Pig. 270) and the Bamaras <>f ash, elm, 



