. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. provided with sharp fine teeth. How they are dis- solved and digested has not yet been fully investigated, but the probability is that the glands secrete a diges- tive juice, as in Drosera. Bits of the plant are seen floating in the salt-pans round about Calcutta (see figs. 68, 69). The lal - bharenda {Ja- tropha gossypifolia) is also. Fig. 68. —Malacca Jhang^i {Aldrovanda vesiculosa) Figr. 69.—Capturing Apparatus of Leaves of Aldrovanda 1, Expanded leaf. 2, Section of a closed leaf. seen to have insects on the glandular hairs of its leaves and stems, and i
. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. provided with sharp fine teeth. How they are dis- solved and digested has not yet been fully investigated, but the probability is that the glands secrete a diges- tive juice, as in Drosera. Bits of the plant are seen floating in the salt-pans round about Calcutta (see figs. 68, 69). The lal - bharenda {Ja- tropha gossypifolia) is also. Fig. 68. —Malacca Jhang^i {Aldrovanda vesiculosa) Figr. 69.—Capturing Apparatus of Leaves of Aldrovanda 1, Expanded leaf. 2, Section of a closed leaf. seen to have insects on the glandular hairs of its leaves and stems, and it is highly probable that the plant derives its nourishment from them. We know. 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 Bose, G. C. London, Blackie & Son Ltd.
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