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flowers, that were twisting all about the bushes. This 
plant it was that caused all the disturbance. It is 
called the ‘‘carrion vine”’ on account of the carrionlike 
odor of its flowers. Its pollen is carried from one little 
blossom to another by tiny flies, drawn to the spot by 
a smell like that of decaying flesh. These flies would 
pass carelessly over the sweet-smelling carpet of the 
partridge vine, they would scorn the invitation. of the 
evening primrose; but the odor which drives us hur- 
riedly from our cozy corner induces them to gather 
together in hundreds. Whether they come, actually 
expecting to find decaying flesh, I cannot say. 
- In some countries grows a plant which not only 
smells like decaying flesh, but which adds to the decep- 
tion by its red, beefy look, thus doubly attracting the 
flies which like this sort of food. 
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