980 Botanical Notes from Tucson. | December, 
ing to penetrate this brush, a gentle tickling at the back of the 
neck makes you aware of something in store for you, and as you 
turn to investigate, a branch seizes you by the sleeve, and another 
is prepared to enter your eye. Something sticking in your flesh 
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calls your attention in another direction, and you find a ae 
has fastened itself to your pantaloons. Devoting your asi 
__ to it, you finally succeed in detaching one thorn from yout 
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__ and stick ten in your fingers, transferring them from one hand t : 
