72 GLIMPSES INTO PLANT-LIFE 



trust, enable them to eiijo)- the stud}- of more 

 advanced works upon the subject. 



Specimens to be obtained and compared with 

 the descriptions in this chapter : — Sedge or marrcm 

 grass growing on a sand}' sea coast ; plants growing 

 between la}'ers of stone ; tree roots at the qcV^q of 

 a pond; strawberr}- runners; a |)lant (){ Po/rnfi/Ia 

 reptajis ; creeping grasses ; Pan hulbosa roots from 

 the seaside ; potato. Earth nuts ; lil}- bulbils ; 

 Timothy grass ; co\\-\\\\&ciX{Me/n!iipyi'niii) ; }-el low- 

 rattle {Rhiuatithiis) ; clo\'er dodder CO/ jrr//^^ trifolii) ; 

 flax dodder {Cuscuta cpiliiniui) ; mistletoe. Root 

 fibres of various plants. Mustard seed sown on 

 flannel, 



