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in the season ; and there is no doubt the root perishes as soon 

 as the parasitic stems have got firm hold of furze, heath, clover, 

 or any other plant on which it is wont to feed. Twice this 

 season I went over parts of this same heath when the dodder 

 was in bloom, and a marvellously lovely sight it was to see the 

 ground surfaced with the lichen, then over that the crimson 



THE SUN-DEW, DEOSEEA EOTUNDIEOEIA. 



gauze of the dodder loaded with its minute but showy red blos- 

 soms ; above that again the deep green and glowing crimson 

 of the ling, and in every hollow the crimson sun- dew, in such 

 profusion as to appear nearly as rich as the ling in its heyday, 

 Now we found the same strange association of lichen, ling, and 

 dodder, but the ling had parted with its full glory, the flowers 



