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Private life of Cassytha 1


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I saw a reference in a discussion on a flickr Group recently to "all the boring shots of flowers". Flowers – boring? I don’t think so! Here is a plant called Cassytha glabella. I doubt that it grows anywhere except south-eastern Australia. it is a so-called parasite, which means that it takes its sustenance from a host plant on which it grows. But it has its role in the heathland and heathy forests and woodlands in which we find it. One of its roles is to create a tangled mass that protects the host plant’s flowers from predation, and it also provides nesting sites for the small birds that need to nest in a protected space relatively close to the ground (see bottom pic). The second pic shows the buds of the Cassytha, ;which will flower in the warmer months. Notice how the buds are covered with tiny hairs, as is the peidicel that carries them and also the stems. These play the important role, in very dry vegetation, of preventing excess water loss. Cassytha has almost no leaves – again an adaptation to lack of water.
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EXPLORE #328 31 July 2009

Ikeda-ya: Marker & Signs


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The Ikeda-ya was the site of the most famous incident of the Shinsengumi era. It is now nothing more than a stone marker in front of a pachinko parlor.

The Ikeda-ya Jiken (June 5, 1864) took place at the ryokan of the same name along Sanjo-dori in Kyoto. It was used by Choshu loyalists while planning an attack on Aizu daimyo, Matsudaira Katamori. One of the Choshu men, a ronin from Omi by the name of Shuntaro Furutaka (see previous photos for more info on him), was captured and interrogated by Shinsengumi after his shop was raided. In the raid, they found weapons and incriminating documents.

One the eve of the Gion Festival, a group of nine Shinsengumi including Kondo Isami and three of his best swordsmen, raided the Ikeda-ya. They immediately found weapons and disposed of them while five members surrounded the entrance to prevent escape. The memoirs of Shinsengumi member Nagakura Shinpachi states that everyone inside the Ikeda-ya "trembled with fear." One man stepped forward and was promptly killed by Okita Soji who was suffering from severe tuberculosis. According to Kondo Isami’s letters, the fighting around the Ikeda-ya raged for hours. Seven rebels were dead, four fatally wounded, and 23 arrested–several more committed seppuku. The proprietor was imprisoned and tortured to death.

While the Shinsengumi had not suffered major losses, the damage done at the Ikeda-ya was great, further adding to their legacy. Nagakura’s memoir tells of the carnage:

Not one of the paper screen doors was left intact, all having been smashed to pieces. The wooden boards of the ceiling were also torn apart when men who had been hiding above the boards were stabbed with spears from below. The tatami mats in a number of rooms were spotted with blood. Particularly pitiful were the arms and feet, and pieces of facial skin with the hair still attached scattered about (Hillsborough 81).