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clay soil is a dwarf shrub attaining a height of .')0 — 50 centi- 

 metres; a branch of it is seen in fig. 88. The leaves are 1 

 or perhaps 2 centimetres long, thick and erect, fresh green 

 and often coated with fine setaceous hairs (comp. pj). 70 & 



Fig. 38 Salsola Arbuscula. Clay-desert form. .June. (The upper branches 

 are broken and bent to one side, and do not show tlie natural habit). 



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