TICK TREFOIL. 
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when there are so many of them, to hold on very 
tightly. 
They seem to snuggle clown into the cloth they touch, 
so that it is difficult to pick them off, and the joints all 
separate when we try to remove them, so that each one 
has to be taken off separately. 
Another plant whose seed pods are covered with 
hooked hairs is the sweet-scented bedstraw. This is 
a pretty little plant that spreads about on the ground. 
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Sweet-scented 
bedstraw. 
Its flowers are small and greenish, but the whole plant 
when in bloom has a pretty lace-like effect as we find 
it in the woods very often growing about fallen logs. 
Its seed pods are small and, like the tick trefoil, are 
covered with hairs that, under the magnifying glass, are 
seen to be hooked. 
The enchanter's nightshade is another little plant 
whose seed pods are covered with hooked hair. It is as 
pretty as its name and is to be found in damp woods. 
