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the entrai7,ce of the trap, but they cannot get out again and are 

 thus imprisoned, as the valves do not open towards the outer 

 side. Aftt'r a few days these little animals die, decay and are 

 absorbed by the plant. 



5. Many other species of Utricularia are found growing during 



the monsoon on rocks. Any of them presents a good type of the 



ephemeral (short-lived) rock-plants. 



They are usually found in company with the following rock-plants : 



Drosera indica, the Indian Sundew {Kcm. Pushpakasisa, Kriminasini ; 



San. Sisirapatra), with linear and glandular leaves, and Drosera Biir- 



tnannii, with a rosette of 

 obovate, glandular leaves be- 

 longing to the Droseracece; 

 Ramphicar'pa longiflora, 

 a pretty, small plant, be- 

 longing to the Scrophula- 

 rmece, with leaves divided 

 into many linear segments 

 and with large snow-white, 

 fragrant flowers, opening 

 in the evening; 



Fig. 94. — Indian Sundew (Drosera indica). 

 K^atural size. 



Fig. 9 5.— Flower of 

 Sundew. 



Eriocaulon sp. i^Kan. Svetasirassu), a small herb with a rosette of 

 grass-like leaves and with a white head of minute flowers (Family: 

 EriocaulonacecB) ; 



Btirmannia ccelestis, a very small, leafless plant with two or three 

 sky-blue three-winged flowers (Family : Burmanniacece) ; 



Aiieilema nudiflorum {Kan. Nelacalu soppu, Saniiagundu hullu), 

 also a small grass-like plant, belonging to the CommelinacecB, with 

 pretty pale-blue flowers on terminal panicles. 



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