. The elements of botany embracing organography, histology, vegetable physiology, systematic botany and economic botany ... together with a complete glossary of botanical terms. Botany. and thus furnishes a por- tion of its (nitrogenous) food. Venus's Fly-trap, the lobes of whose leaves close and capture insects when the latter touch the slender hairs on the upper side (Fig. 223a), is likewise capa- ble of digesting animal food. The numerous sessile glands provide the digestive secretion, and also absorb into the plant the digested portions of the insects. Glands, whose viscid secretion is cap
. The elements of botany embracing organography, histology, vegetable physiology, systematic botany and economic botany ... together with a complete glossary of botanical terms. Botany. and thus furnishes a por- tion of its (nitrogenous) food. Venus's Fly-trap, the lobes of whose leaves close and capture insects when the latter touch the slender hairs on the upper side (Fig. 223a), is likewise capa- ble of digesting animal food. The numerous sessile glands provide the digestive secretion, and also absorb into the plant the digested portions of the insects. Glands, whose viscid secretion is capable of digesting nitrogenous material, are also found on the leaves of the Butterwort {Pkiguunda), which grows on wet rocks and damp soils. The curious little bladders (Fig. 224) of the Bladderwort {Utricuhria) capture small water-animals. In the pitchers (Fig. 225) of the Sarraeenia and Nepenthes, insects fall and drown; these animals, by their decay, probably furnish food to be absorbed by the plants. 137. The immediate products of-assimilation undergo further (though but slightly understood) chemical changes to form the various substances found in vegetable tissue. All these changes, subsequent to assimilation, are collectively termed metastasis (Gr. meta, over; idamai, to place). Metastasis is a process of oxidation; 225 Fig. 223a. Leaves of Venus's Fly-trap (.Dionaa). Fig. 224. Bladder from the stem of the Bladderwort ( Utricularia), slightly magnified. Fig. 225. A leaf, having the form of a pitcher or cup, of WA. 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 Kellerman, William Ashbrook, 1850-1908. Philadelphia, J. E. Potter and Company
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