THE WEEDS OF BEDMOOB. 



strawberry clover spreads its ripening heads, which adopt 

 the exactly opposite tactics of protective devices against 

 animal invaders ; for the seeds are here inclosed in a little 

 swollen network of calyx- veins, which redden as they 

 ripen, giving the head a rough resemblance to a rasp- 

 berry rather than to the sister fruit from which it takes 

 its popular name. Altogether, the flora of Bedmoor is 

 rich and tempting. Even the casual passer-by pauses 

 on the causeway that carries the road across the moor to 

 admire the brilliant coloring of crimson glasswort and 

 yellow ragwort : the patches of red are on too large a 

 scale not to attract the least observant eye : but to 

 those who love pottering about, with all attention fixed 

 on the beautiful things below, it is a very paradise of 

 native seaside vegetation. 



