Show plant like a camel the nearest thing to a camel among plants Is a curious specimen ot of the cucumber family which bears the name of the xonorae this plant like the camel Is a native of 0 the desert and it has to go without water longer than the animal As the rainy season in the desert comes only once a year nature provides the I 1 S with a reservoir to store up enough moisture to last it i between times the organ in which V the water Is stored Is located at the base of the stem it Is covered with a sort ot of mackintosh enve envelope ope i through which the water can neither escape nor evaporate this water holder rests on the sand throughout the entire period of drought but when the rain comes it springs into activity |