TOOTHWORT  , the popular name for a small See also:

• BRITISH

British plant of curious See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form and growth, known botanically as Lathraea squamaria . It grows parasitically on roots, chiefly of See also:

• HAZEL (0. Eng. hresell; cf. Ger. Hasel, Swed. and Dan. Kassel, &c.,; Fr. noiselier, coudrier)

hazel, in shady places such as hedge sides . It consists of a branched whitish underground See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem closely covered with thick fleshy colourless leaves, which are See also:

• BENT
• BENT (E1. BENI)
• BENT, JAMES THEODORE (1852–1897)

bent over so as to hide the under See also:

• SURFACE

surface; irregular cavities communicating with the exterior are formed in the thickness of the See also:

• LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf . On the inner See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall of these See also:

• CHAMBERS (the Fr. chambre, from Lat. camera, a room)
• CHAMBERS, EPHRAIM (d. 1740)
• CHAMBERS, GEORGE (1803-1840)
• CHAMBERS, ROBERT (18oz-1871)
• CHAMBERS, SIR WILLIAM (1726-1796)

chambers are stalked hairs, which when stimulated by the See also:

• TOUCH (derived through Fr. toucher from a common Teutonic and Indo-Germanic root, cf. " tug," " tuck," O. H. Ger. zucchen, to twitch or draw)

touch of an See also:

• INSECT

insect send out delicate filaments by means of which the insect is killed and digested . The only portions that appear above ground are the See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

flower-bearing shoots, which See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear a spike of two-lipped dull See also:

• PURPLE

purple See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers . The scales which represent the leaves also secrete See also:

• WATER

water, which escapes and softens the ground around the plant . Lathraea is closely allied to another British parasitic plant, broomrape (Orobanche) .