. Plant studies; an elementary botany. Botany. (3) DiniKi'ii.—Tins is one of the most famous and re- markable of tiy-catcliino- plants (see Fig. 157). It is fdund only in swamps near Wilmington, Xortli Carolina. The leaf blade is constrnctod like a steel trap, the two halves snapping together, and the marginal bristles interlocking like the teeth of a trap (see Fig. 158). A few sensitive hairs, like feelers, are developed on the leaf surface, and when one of these is touched by a small flying or hover- ing insect, the trap snaps shut and the in- sect is caught. Only after digestidu does the tr
. Plant studies; an elementary botany. Botany. (3) DiniKi'ii.—Tins is one of the most famous and re- markable of tiy-catcliino- plants (see Fig. 157). It is fdund only in swamps near Wilmington, Xortli Carolina. The leaf blade is constrnctod like a steel trap, the two halves snapping together, and the marginal bristles interlocking like the teeth of a trap (see Fig. 158). A few sensitive hairs, like feelers, are developed on the leaf surface, and when one of these is touched by a small flying or hover- ing insect, the trap snaps shut and the in- sect is caught. Only after digestidu does the trap ojien again. There nix- (.'ertain green plants, not called carnivorous jilants, which show the same general habit of sup- plementing their food supplv, and so reduc- ing the necessity of food nianu f a('turc . The mistletdc is a green plant, gi-owing upon certain trees, from which it obtains some food, supplementing that which it is able to manufacture. In rich soil, the organized products of the decaying bodies of plants and animals are ofteix alisorl)ed by ordinary green plants, and so a certain amount of ready-made food is obtained. ..iS^P^^ij^. Fig. 158. Three leaves of Dioiia'O, sliowiii^ tile details of thr trap in tlir leaves tn ri^ht anil left, ami tlir central trap iu the aet of capturing an 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 Coulter, John Merle, 1851-1928. New York, D. Appleton and Company
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