g0jft,Aier. 



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lEuSCUta cpiliimm. Natural Order: Couvolv/tlacac — Cuiivolviiliis Family. 



UROPE is the native seat of the Dodders, which are of several 



kinds, yet so similar in nature that the description of one 



"^gnes an idea of all. This plant is an i'nhabitant of the 



helds, being destitute of foliage, having a reddish orange stem 



^ of a parasitical nature — that is, having no power of provid- 



I " "^ ing nutriment for itself, as it depends upon some neighboring 



^-j plant aiound which it twines. The root then decays, when it receives 



Its nouiibhment from the plant that supports it, by means of small 



projectmg hlaments, with which it penetrates them, absorbing their 



y:. juices This particular species grows on flax, whence its name, from 



the Gieek cp/, on, and //iioii, flax; the origin of the name Cuscuta is 



^ unknown. The flowers are a vellowish white. 



Pasjitfss 



JF the tea 



•"• To tell 



;ues, vet all too few would be, 

 that thou hast shown to me. 



r?OR vicious natures, when they o 

 '- To take distaste, and purpose no 

 I'he greater debt thiey owe, the mort 



-T/,o. 



.V,i 



T^HE proudest of you all 

 Have been beholden to 



vou would once plead for his life 



T COULD stand upright 



Against the tyranny of age and fortune ; 

 But the sad weight of such ingratitude 

 Will crush me into earth. —Deiilwm. 



T II.VVE been base; 



Base ev'n to him from whom I did recei 

 .Ml that a son could to a father give: 

 Behold me punish'd in the self-same kind: 

 Th' ungrateful does a more ungrateful find. 



—Dryd 



rji.sHO 



^' .Shou 



XOR waits on iierfidy. The- villain 

 Id bhish to think a falsehood; 'tis the i 

 wards, ' -C. John 



OEE how he sets his countenance for dcce 

 ^ And promises a lie before he speaks. — i 



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