. The human side of plants. MOTH ORCHID. cluster of these orchids might easily be mistaken for a number of moths resting on a YEIJ/JW LADYS SMPPEK. Cfpripe/lhim is not so successful in its iiiiit;itii)n of insects as are some of the orchids. PLANTS THAT MIMIC 29 of the evil reputation of the insect or the plantthat it mimics. A unique case of imitation is the rattlesnake iriswhich grows abundantly in the western part of theUnited States, especially on the dry plains wherecattle, horses, and sheep graze. To prevent itselffrom being eaten, this plant mimics,
. The human side of plants. MOTH ORCHID. cluster of these orchids might easily be mistaken for a number of moths resting on a YEIJ/JW LADYS SMPPEK. Cfpripe/lhim is not so successful in its iiiiit;itii)n of insects as are some of the orchids. PLANTS THAT MIMIC 29 of the evil reputation of the insect or the plantthat it mimics. A unique case of imitation is the rattlesnake iriswhich grows abundantly in the western part of theUnited States, especially on the dry plains wherecattle, horses, and sheep graze. To prevent itselffrom being eaten, this plant mimics, by means ofits dry seeds, the noise of the rattlesnake; and notonly does it mimic the rattle of the snake, but itsfruits are held in small glossy black capsules notunlike the black head of certain other snakes. There is a species of red lotus which grows inthe tropics whose fruit-pods are formed like awasps nest; and the India-rubber plant has rootswhose convolutions and contortions are like somany snakes twisting out of the earth. If we examine the lichens we find a trumpet,a hat, and various letters. Mildews and mouldsarrange themselves i
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