. Plant studies; an elementary botany. Botany. Kll I' STUDIES TJiis iissociution of insects ;iml flowers is soiiietiiiK'S so intimate that tliey have come to de2)eiid ahsolutely upon one anotlier. I'ls^iecially among the oi'eliids is it true tliat sjieeial llowers and insects are adajited so exactly to one another, that if one dis- appears the other he- comes extinct also. 1 'i2. " Carnivorous " plants.âThis name has heeii given to plants /, /Li III which have developed /,AW , Jni -j-jj^-, (^^^]-i|^,;is hahit of capturing insects and using them for food, and perha})s they had b
. Plant studies; an elementary botany. Botany. Kll I' STUDIES TJiis iissociution of insects ;iml flowers is soiiietiiiK'S so intimate that tliey have come to de2)eiid ahsolutely upon one anotlier. I'ls^iecially among the oi'eliids is it true tliat sjieeial llowers and insects are adajited so exactly to one another, that if one dis- appears the other he- comes extinct also. 1 'i2. " Carnivorous " plants.âThis name has heeii given to plants /, /Li III which have developed /,AW , Jni -j-jj^-, (^^^]-i|^,;is hahit of capturing insects and using them for food, and perha})s they had better he called " insec- tivorous ;' They are green plants and, therefore, can manu- f at't Lire Bui they live in soil 2)oor in nitrogen com- pouiuls, and hence pro- teid formation is inter- fered witli. The bodies of ca|>tured insects sup- plement the proteid supply, and tlu' ])bints have come to depend upon them, ^fany, if not all, of these car- nivorous plants secrete a digestive sul)stance which acts upon the bo<lies of the ca|iinred insects vcit much as the diges- tive substances of the alimentary act \\\wn proteids. ir>-i. The Cm ironii;ili ] itrlirr I 1,'Llit (/»,//â - tiinjloli a). sliDW illL; l.\\'isl,r( ;inil ivi lilrll- IT. Ihr nV('i:il-( lill^ 1 wllh rails llrrnt S|^, : llii- r ^Ii-l;iil ajil â iiilnuv II till 1 Wllicll is ;illr:u livr til lly ll:;- ilisi â ts,- .\llrt KkknI']. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Coulter, John Merle, 1851-1928. New York, D. Appleton and Company
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