At 11:24 5/23/99 -0400, Horace K. Sawyer wrote:
>  We
> >found a nice spot and I set up camp while the kids foraged for kindling and
> >swung from tree vines. I soon discovered a certain plant that instantly
> >burns your skin and feels like fire ant bites.  A little water relieved this
> >pain.  My son soon found this plant also.
>
>         What is this plant, anyone know?
>
>HK

Sounds like nettles to me...the hairs on the stems are really little
pain-injectors.  Doesn't last, but you certainly notice.

d
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