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tree. On the left-hand side of the trunk of the tree, in the first 

 illustration accompanying this article, where a limb has been 

 broken away, one of these plants may be seen. Not only do roots 

 descend, but some of them throw themselves around the tree, a 



Fig. 2. The Clusia firmly established and lashed to the supporting tree. 



feature clearly shown in the same illustration. The new tree is 

 small as compared with its foster-parent, but look at the second 

 and third illustrations which depict more advanced stages of the 

 tragedy. In the former note how large have become the trunk- 

 like roots and how many other roots have surrounded the trunk of 



