
          827.

Well named Moonseed, its bony seed being beautifully curved, the two
ends almost meeting [sketch of seed] form a flat, finely curved, horse-shoe shaped
disk.  The almost spherical fruits have been <s>twisted</s> curved too,
although this is not at once apparent, examination though, shows
the remains of the style close to the receptacle. [sketch of style and stigma] stigma
We reached the top of the hill and then began our search for our
tree.  Many of the Cedars were so covered with ice that they
were bent far to one side; some of the little ones were lying
flat on the ground.  The Pines with their needles thickly
covered with ice looked very pretty.  The ground, however, with
its many tall grasses, encased in thick coverings of ice, looked
prettiest of all. As we walked along though we knocked down
many of these pretty structures, so that our paths were well
marked.  We had little trouble finding our tree.  To-day the
fruits were tightly fastened to the tree, no shaking would bring
them down.  Each fruit was encased in a thick covering of ice
and this was fastened to the thick one around the twig.  We, therefore
contented ourselves by taking only a few of the fruits from the lowest branches.
We now started for the ravine.  When we reached the mill we 
asked for two boards which we took along with us. They came
        