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Show THE STINCt OF THE NETTLE. Sonio of thn rolftonim Vegetable Mon-Mrrt Mon-Mrrt ol Otlirr IjiikW. , The leaf and stem of n. nettlo are literally clothed with erect hollow hnlrs. If one of these halra Is viewed under a micro-,' 'i;u ll will bo si:on that Jtnjrco end, aft r tapering to a very jflno degree of ulimnwn, finishes nsn 'lltllu knob, while in t'io. either direction, direc-tion, lifter gradually Incoming more robust. It au Vlenly uxp-inds lutou largo "liulb corrVspllufllng with' tlio'rfniwn gland of tlm rtId,pr. Tlio point of the lialr, says flood WonlH, ! very brittle, and" contact with our skin causes tthu c'ndtosnap olT, leaving n hollow needtn point whtcli tciulilj plircei our cuticle, piul. preuslng upo.i the bulb nt the other end, the polron i f'iretnl tlMiuglvtho central channel and Inilcuuts iiur blood. The tenilerhanded lvluttroko tho nettle ore ktuntf fur their pains, liec.iubo their f-vntloness linn only served to break tlio brittle points and render them fit for piercing, but the rough-hundLil break the liulr.-. at thclt thickest jiiirts, where tlioy are too btout to prick , Our common neltlei though thoy nro capable of inlliLiiiv com Idornblo an-no.innce an-no.innce iiM.it many pornnitt, are too inhlt;nlllei,nt mrcrllii'lesH, to be in-eluded in-eluded air n .' u - t.ib'e nuinbters, und ivchaveuiih n lerrud to them for the bake of makioif clour the enormities of some big ooUHins giuuts of thu nettle family. These are, first, the Urtlca stimulaus mid I'rtica crcnulata ot tho llftst Hid ton, HpecIoH w1ioio attack upon ono'u band In Kiifilclcnt to causo tho arm to swell with u lu'ict (rightful pulu, wide)) l.i.t-i for uoo'.b. But evon thcbo nro ini'it-uud-rirater nettles by comp-ir-lum with thu rrtiraureutts.slinn,wlilub ffrows in Timor, where It beam the significant sig-nificant title of Daouii sotaii, or duvll's leaf. The ulFects o( Its sting last for n your and have often produced death. |