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TONGLO. 



Chap. VII. 



work round the trunk, by the coalescence of their lateral 

 branches and aerial roots, &c. : these wholly envelop 

 and often conceal the tree they enclose, whose branches 



CLASPING ROOTS OF WIGHTIA. 



appear rising far above those of its destroyer. To the first 

 of these groups belong many natural orders, of which the 

 most prominent are — Leguminosce, ivies, hydrangea, vines, 

 Pothos, &c. The inosculating ones are almost all figs and 



