. Insectivorous plants. Carnivorous plants; Plants. Chap. I. 8TKU0TURE OF THE LEAVES. excellently adapted for the special purpose of catch- ing insects, so that the subject seemed well worthy of inyestigation. The results have proved highly remarkable; the more important ones being—firstly, the extraordinary. Fio. 1.* {Drosera rotwndifolia.) LeAf yiewed from above; enlarged four times. sensitiveness of the glands to slight pressure and to minute doses of certain nitrogenous fluids, as shown by the movements of the so-called hairs or tentacles; * The drawings of Drosera ancT' cularia, by my son


. Insectivorous plants. Carnivorous plants; Plants. Chap. I. 8TKU0TURE OF THE LEAVES. excellently adapted for the special purpose of catch- ing insects, so that the subject seemed well worthy of inyestigation. The results have proved highly remarkable; the more important ones being—firstly, the extraordinary. Fio. 1.* {Drosera rotwndifolia.) LeAf yiewed from above; enlarged four times. sensitiveness of the glands to slight pressure and to minute doses of certain nitrogenous fluids, as shown by the movements of the so-called hairs or tentacles; * The drawings of Drosera ancT' cularia, by my son Francis. They Dionaia. given in tliis work, were have been excellently reproduced made for me by my son George on wood by Mr. Cooper, 188 I larwin; those of Aldrovanda, and Strar d. of the several species of Utri-. 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 Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. New York, D. Appleton


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