* There were others that
sprang from the substance of other vegetables;*(2) others that derived
their substance from the bodies of living animals;*(3) and then again,
there were others that glowed all over with intense fire;*(4) others
that moved from place to place at pleasure,*(5) and what was still
more wonderful, we discovered flowers that lived and breathed and
moved their limbs at will and had, moreover, the detestable passion of
mankind for enslaving other creatures, and confining them in horrid
and solitary prisons until the fulfillment of appointed tasks.'"*(6)
* The Epidendron, Flos Aeris, of the family of the Orchideae,
grows with merely the surface of its roots attached to a tree or other
object, from which it derives no nutriment- subsisting altogether upon
air.
*(2) The Parasites, such as the wonderful Rafflesia Arnaldii.
*(3) Schouw advocates a class of plants that grow upon living
animals- the Plantae Epizoae. Of this class are the Fuci and Algae.
Mr. J. B. Williams, of Salem, Mass., presented the "National
Institute," with an insect from New Zealand, with the following
description:- "'The Hotte,' a decided caterpillar, or worm, is found
growing at the foot of the Rata tree, with a plant growing out of
its head.
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