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and as these berries have a clammy substance, the seeds often 

 stick to the beaks of the birds aud are thus carried away by 

 them. When they happen to rub their beaks on a branch, the 

 seed sticks to it and germinates tliere eventually, the tiny root 



Fi<j. 11' 1. — Epipliytos on a tree: I'liiloilciKlnni cdniiirfoliinit, and Ficus sp. 



making its way into tlic sol'l l)ark until it conies to the; Imrd 

 wood-cylinder in tlu^ intorior of the brnncli tlirongh wliich it 

 cannot pierce. Side-roots are tlion dovolopod wliich creep along 

 the wood and below tlic bark sending out additional vertical 

 roots into the interior (Hg. 122). As the host grows, these roots 



