Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Feb.,  1886. 
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appearance  against  the  sky,  although  the  shrub  is  somewhat  strag- 
gling j  more  so  here  than  in  the  south,  where  it  becomes  a  small  tree 
Seeing  one  of  these  sprays  without  flowers  for  the  first  time,  it  is 
hard  to  realize  that  it  is  not  a  conifer,  and  seems  almost  incredible 
that  it  is  in  the  tobacco  family.    Handling  it,  I  was  astonished  at 
Branchlet  of  Fabiana  imbricata;  3  diameters. 
the  great  amount  of  resin  with  which  all  its  tender  parts  are  covered, 
this  coating,  perfectly  impervious  to  water,  being  an  admirable  pro- 
vision of  the  plant  against  the  loss  of  its  small  supply  of  water 
during  the  long  droughts  of  this  region."  In  further  description  of 
the  plant,  the  Doctor  says:  "  The  minute  branchlets  are  densely 
