The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-29

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tbs ls horne cur hv re fzcr th.t
vel Sutlartlaa-sd rains Cf mama. al
s,l1tely believed hy ne lrlablra-ts %
[ D. showers from learer. La1t te.- -
I porred a. least 81 tines d-rirE tie
I past century ~ reliable travellers in
I ihe east ard the tescrlptio1s = TIE
/ DEPOSIT given in prec.ss present t.y
language leave - to1tt lp3l fbs point.
II piece q uarnz - examined
under TIE microscope. lts peculiar co1o-
poUDf structure can D. cIezrly sea1.
I There j. c~iiczte network q iutsrlsc-
irz funsal threads Elistsning 10 TIE
Lght while incl0sed 10 their ueshes
srS number =; round bright green
cells. each tiny Glgsl plant thus
furgcs and alga live together IN most
/ Intimate connection.
] ~ n2y be asked bow fFesh mama
EebsrE srise. seeing that i Is difficult
90 b-sgire frequent colncitent net
INK q . particular fungus and 3 par
tcuiaT greer plant. Bot granted tbs
/ meeting has oDce taken place the rapid
reproduction j. easy 20 understand
At certain tines in ;be year yellow
iEh dust appears 10 little green cups
growing Oh the surface q the plant.
and each % TIE grains q dust j.
minute bundle containing q few u the
white flaments and few of tie green
cells wrapped ID together. 50 that
I wherever this dust may fall each grain
can become a new mama licben.
There il. moreover. a second metho1
of reproduction in which the fungus
alone takes part and sends out tiny Of
spring 20 take their chance in the wide
world Of finding a suitable host. as their
parent has done. but the details are
complicated and al present involved in
some obscurlty
Thus. then. Lecapora esculenta 20
uanna-is in its very nature one q the
most remarkable phenomena In the
vegetable world II Is found over great
tracts q southwest Asia. near C0nstau-
t.Dople. in the Crimea, the deserts of
Arabia. in the Sahara and the deserts
Of Algeria.
II j. easy 70 pass Il by unuoticed for
Il y grayisL yo'iow In color and grows
OF gray limestone rocks and fragments
Of rock IN the form Of a wrinkled crust
which seems 20 the casual observer
part 0f tie very rock itself, and needs
care 10 distinguish H.
, Cut through il is white ike corn
within. dry and powdery. II IS. more
over. extremely light IN weight II 10
obvious that there Is not much nourish-
ment 10 he obtained from u. bare face
Of the limestone rock hence all the sus-
tenance Of the two plants must be OBJ
! tained from the atmosphere and the
rain by the little green plant, which
must thus work doubly hard 20 be able
20 pass on sufficient food for is part
nefs living IN addition 70 providing its
own.
BY degrees. as IL grows older II be
: comes looseued or even detached from
the rocks and then. when the sudden
whirlwinds and violent storms which
AFFECT many Of these regions blow. the
, featherweight pieces Of lichen crust are
torn up and blown into TIE air at the
mercy Of the wind and carried. IL may
be. for immense distances.
The rains. too. that descend with
such sudden yehemence sweep Il away
into water channels. where IL is borne
along on the stream aud deposited in
hollows and left there IN heaps when
the water subsidies.
At times. TOO. a watorspOut VIII
gather II up. carry II along and ulti-
mately deposit IL in place where hith-
erto 1t had been practically unknown
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