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FLOWERS OF THE HEATHS AND MOORS 



The anthers and stigma ripen simultaneously, self-pollinating the 

 plant. The flowers are cleistogamic. The corolla is spreading, with 

 a ring of appressed scales below the stamens, which are included, and 

 inserted on the corolla tube. The styles are also included. The 

 flowers are small and globular, and unattractive to insects. Honey 

 is secreted at the base of the ovary, protected by 4 scales. 



Photo. Flatters & Garnett 



DODDER (Cttscnta Epithymum, L.), to show the habit of C. europcea 



The capsule splits open, allowing the seeds to fall around the parent 

 plant. 



Dodder is a parasitic plant growing on heath plants after the seed 

 has germinated in the soil, usually a humus-loving plant and rich in 

 humus. 



A beetle, Smicronyx jungermannia, is found on it. 



Cuscuta, Mathiolus, is from the Arabic Chasntk, and the second 

 Latin name indicates the distribution of the plant. 



It goes by the name of Beggarweed, Bind, Devil's Guts, Hailweed, 

 Hairweed, Hale, Hell, or Hairy-bind, Hale-weed, Fodder, Scald, Scald- 



