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group of plants which live on decayed matter. They have lost 

 all LTfftMi coloring matter which i> necessary for self-supporl and h\«- 

 on the products of other plants. The best known of these Btrange 

 denizens of the forest is the Indian pipe or ghost plant Monotropa uni- 

 ftora (fig. i . The former common name is applied to it because of its 





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1 Indian |>i]><> or ghost pis 



col flower, white; heiiht of plant, 5 to 12 Inches; N'oras July anl August. 

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fancied resemblance i<> the ordinary clay pipe, the latter because "f it- 



pearly \\ This plant ha- a wide range, extending all over the 



United States wherever tin- proper conditions an- found. Nowhere 

 i- it iii"iv at Ilium- than in the wood- of Washington and Oregon. 

 There i- another plant <>f tin- -aim- L r <'nu- which ha- several flowers 

 on the same Btem; this i- popularly called the many-flowered Indian 



