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tinued to the surface of the earth by three branches, close together each measuring hardly two inches in diameter.

It weighs in its present dried condition, 49 pounds. One of our local botanists thinks its flattened shape may be due to its striking a rock which prevented its downward growth, and caused a lateral expansion and the formation of horizontal branches on the under surface. This is not impossible, since the specimen grew in the valley of the Verdigris in Knox Co. where there is considerable rock close to the surface.

If you will tell me whether either of these two plants is typical of the species with regard to form and size