. The essentials of botany. Botany. 272 BOTANT. by it. After a time a leaf which has caught and digested an insect opens again and is ready for another. In this connection the student may profitably read Mr. Darwin's interesting book, " Insectivorous Plants," published in 1875. 648. A quite different class of insect-catching plants is. Fig. 149.—Common Pitcher-plant (Sarracenia purpurea), showing leaves and flower; one leaf cut across so as to show the cavity. Half natural size. represented by the Pitcher-plants of various kinds. In the Common Pitcher-plant, which grows in marshes in
. The essentials of botany. Botany. 272 BOTANT. by it. After a time a leaf which has caught and digested an insect opens again and is ready for another. In this connection the student may profitably read Mr. Darwin's interesting book, " Insectivorous Plants," published in 1875. 648. A quite different class of insect-catching plants is. Fig. 149.—Common Pitcher-plant (Sarracenia purpurea), showing leaves and flower; one leaf cut across so as to show the cavity. Half natural size. represented by the Pitcher-plants of various kinds. In the Common Pitcher-plant, which grows in marshes in the Northern and Eastern United States, the leaves are dilated into tubular or pitcher-shaped cavities (Fig. 149), contain- ing a watery fluid. The upper part of the leaf is reddish. 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 Bessey, Charles E. (Charles Edwin), 1845-1915. New York : H. Holt and company, ;
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