Can anyone solve a mystery several decades old by identifying these seed pods (see photo)? They were collected on a beach just north of the town of Budva, in what is now Montenegro, in August 1967. A stream ran down to the beach from a marshy valley, and there were wooded hills on either side.
Jane Spooner, Toronto, Canada
This article appeared in print under the headline 鈥淪eeds of doubt鈥�
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