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4. What else does the pitcher contain? 



5. Do the hairs on the mouth of the pitcher all 



point in the same direction? 



6. Would it be easy for an insect which had fallen 



into the water in the pitcher to crawl out 

 again ? 



7. Have you ever seen the pitcher plant in blos- 



som? 



8. Were any bumble-bees visiting the blossoms? 



9. Did you find any insects feeding upon the 



blossoms? 

 10. Were there any white larvae living in the liquid 

 which the pitchers contain? If so, they 

 are the larvae of flies that feed upon the 

 insects caught by the pitchers. 



(B) Write a short discussion for your wild flower 



booklet with some such title as one of these : 

 A Vegetable Pitcher and What it Held ; Nature's 

 Fly Trap; A Wonderful Leaf; The Pitcher 

 Plant and Its Blossoms. 



(C) Make these drawings: A Pitcher Plant leaf, side 



view ; A Pitcher Plant flower, side view ; A 

 longitudinal section of the leaf, showing the 

 position of the water and the dead insects with- 

 in the leaf. 



