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of a cart-wheel ; its very appearance betrays its 

 villainy. Its color is livid, its odor is that of carrion, 

 and it steals the life of its unhappy host, offering 

 neither beauty nor fragrance for the hospitality 

 wrested from it. 



Saprophytes are parasites which live only upon 

 decayed vegetable matter. Their host is not a living, 

 but a decayed tree. Of these, the beech-drops, 

 pine-sap, and cancer-root are examples. 



