218 AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS. 
mens. Our three plants are—D. rotundzfolia, 
the round-leafed species, anthers white, stigmas 
white and undivided ; D. zztermedia, which has 
spathulate leaves, yellow anthers, and pink, 
bifid stigmas, less frequent than the former ; 
and D. anglica, rather rare, with much longer, 
lanceolate, leaves widening above, clearly dis- 
tinguishing it from the two former species ; 
all these plants present much beauty both to 
minute inspection of their parts, and in the 
aspect of their natural habitat, where they put 
forth their crimson-haired leaves and elegant 
little clusters of white blooms from tufted beds 
of pale-green Sphagnum Moss, and other 
growths of the bog. All of them are alike 
covered with crimson glandular hairs, from 
which exudes a viscid dew often seen stand- 
ing in diamond drops on the glandular extremity 
of the hairs. Insects attracted by this gummy 
exudation are detained, and—recent observa- 
tion compels us to make the sad confession 
respecting this beautiful family—are devoured 
by a process of absorption performed by the 
hairy leaves! 
Some of my readers will have seen a plant 
of this Nat. Order called Venus’s Fly-trap, 
