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The curious plant called the Rose of Jericho (Anastatiea Tiierochun- 

 tica), often sold as a curiosity, is a small annual, native of Arabia, 

 Egypt, and Syria. The mature plant after ripening its seeds contract 

 into a rounded mass, and is uprooted and blown about by the windi 

 When, however, the dry and dead plant is moistened, it expands, clos. 



Pigs. 542-5 — Illostbations op Papavbb Ehobas. 



Fig. 543. 



Pig. 543. 



Pig. 544. 



Pig. 542. — Vertical eection of flower. Magnified. 

 Fig. 543. — Pistil and stamen. Magnified. 



Pig. 545. 



Fig. 544. — Flower diagram. 

 Fig. 545.— Ripe fruit. 



ing again when dry. On this account It is also called the Resurrection 

 Plant. 



Order Fuiaariaceee. — Herbs with watery juice, alternate, usually 

 divided leaves ; flowers zygomorphic ; stamens definite, four, five or 

 six and diadelphoua. Species about 100, natives of warmer portions of 

 the North Temperate Zone and of South Africa. They possess an acridi 

 and astringent principle, 



Bentham and Hooker, in the " Genera Plantarum," unite this order 



