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leaved shrubs and trees. This latter phenomenon may also be a 
0a : 
is, as far we now know, the nor aes geographic line of 
pe ee plants. For example,a J, 
whose slender stems run beneath an surface a the sand for a 
off a 
rod or more and give o: eafy branches 
a of which terminates in a button- oe ree a oe ed 
croton (Croton Fergusonit), whose leaves are sometimes used for 
making tea; the eae (epi Haire whose sap 
is very irritating to the skin; hamian nightshade 
of both its purple flowers and its bright berries which are often 
borne on the bushes at the same time. 
Again returning to the mainland we continued our journey 
ein ae only as ae as Palm Beach. Em route we en- 
e dead gi The beautiful ae aie heads 
eight or nine Seen ak e ean Beach had been swept by fire. 
it should have done i ie season. pe 
(Heliotropium Leavenworthii) attracted Ae eve pees ibnaily, 
owever, there was one plant present that defied the drought 
and flourished. The lavender-flowered morning-glory (Ipomoea 
