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fruit two and a half inches long, slender, clavate. 3. The third 
section, Xerocarpeae, of the same sub-genus; plant Shaina 
joints 6 sks tae ; ve to six inches long, armed with spines, 
h lo ng, large for the size of the plant, 
to 
ae hae. cas fragilis ‘Nuttall, from Upper Missouri. 
It has been found so far only on the sea islands, and is ee 
a wi 
to the Society on the Ist eeu 
0: 
ceeding for the distance of a ae or two we had not observed a 
a lo 
sands. The joints fall apart with the slightest shock. On ac- 
count of moe colors plants easily escape age eye; while on account 
of their re. slender spir 
the joints pening become attached to clothing : at the sights 
contact. The remarkable facility with which the joints adhere 
to clothing is so pronounced that it seems almost as if they ha 
* For observations on the vegetation of the Isle of Palms, see W. C. Coker, 
Torreya §: 135-145. 
