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parasitic plants indigenous to our country. The only 
other true wild parasites are the mistletoe and the purple 
broom-rape, which grows upon the broom or nettles, or 
even derives its nutriment from the clover. A purplish- 
coloured flower, with broad leaves — the toothwort — is by 
some botanists considered parasitic. The convolvulus, the 
honeysuckle, and other creeping plants, are sometimes 
incorrectly termed parasites; but as their roots are in the 
ground, and are not nourished by the plant on which they 
lean for support, they are merely creepers, and are what 
botanists term epiphytes, or false parasites. The ferns, 
mosses, and other plants which derive nutriment from the 
air, are also epiphytal. 
All kinds of creeping plants, both those which are para- 
sitic and those which are not, are more frequent in warm 
countries than in our climate. 
