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The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . e leaf which hasclosed over a digestible body ap-plies a gradual pressure, which <serves to bring the glands on bothsides into contact with the we see that there are two kinds cof movement, adapted for different;purposes, one rapid, excited me- ;chanically, the other slow, excited chemically. Leaves made to closefu!l f^!^ bodies reopen in less Pic. 3--A. sensitive bristle l^^A, r^uT ^u ??? r^l? ^^ and glands of ;;ready, even before being fully ex- r ci,nrlcpanded, to shut again But if ^ ^^^•they have closed, over nitrogen-yielding bodies, they remainclosely shut for many days, and after re-expanding are torpid,and never act again, or only after a considerable time. Even ina state of nature, the most vigorous leaves are very rarely able todigest more than twice, or at most thrice, during tlieir life. VENTJS*S LOOKING GLASS, a popular garden name forCampanula Speculum (or Spccularia Speculum), from the oldname for the plant, Speculum Veneris. It is a common. VERA, A.—VERATRUM loi 5 cornfield plant in the south of Europe, and is grown in gardenson account of its brilliant purple flowers. VERA, AUGUSTO (1813-1885), Italian philosopher, was bornat Amelia in the province of Perugia on the 4th of May was educated in Rome and Paris, and, after teaching classicsfor some years in Geneva, held chairs of philosophy in variouscolleges in France, and subsequently was professor in Strass-burg and in Paris He left Paris after the coup dital of 1851and spent nine years in England. Attaching himself withenthusiasm to Hegels system. Vera (who wrote fluently bothin French and in English as well as in Italian) became widelyinfluential in spreading a knowledge of the Hegelian doctrine,and became the chief representative of Italian HegelianismWithout any marked originality, his writings are distinguishedby lucidity of exposition and genuine philosophic spiri
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