. Home studies in nature. Natural history. 176 HOME STUDIES IN NATURE. tion, which dissolves animal matter afterwards to be absorbed, may be said to feed like an animal. But, dif- ferently from an animal, it drinks by means of its roots; and it must drink largely, so as to retain many drops of viscid fluid round the glands, sometimes as many as two hundred and sixty, exposed during the whole day to a glaring sun. ". PIG. 15.—LEAF OF ROTOND1FOLIA (ENLARGED FOUR TIMES), WITH THE TENTACLES ON ONE SIDE INFLECTED OVER A BIT OF MEAT PLACED ON THE DISK. (AFTER DARWIN, " INSECTIVORO
. Home studies in nature. Natural history. 176 HOME STUDIES IN NATURE. tion, which dissolves animal matter afterwards to be absorbed, may be said to feed like an animal. But, dif- ferently from an animal, it drinks by means of its roots; and it must drink largely, so as to retain many drops of viscid fluid round the glands, sometimes as many as two hundred and sixty, exposed during the whole day to a glaring sun. ". PIG. 15.—LEAF OF ROTOND1FOLIA (ENLARGED FOUR TIMES), WITH THE TENTACLES ON ONE SIDE INFLECTED OVER A BIT OF MEAT PLACED ON THE DISK. (AFTER DARWIN, " INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS," P. 10.) Two years before Mr. Darwin's work on this sub- ject appeared I published the following observations on Drosera in the American Naturalist, vol. vii., p. 705. On the 7th July, 1873, I started in search of D. fili-. 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 Treat, Mrs. Mary Lua Adelia (Davis) Allen, 1835-. New York, Harper & Brothers
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