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SAGACITY AND MORALITY OF PLANTS. 



direct heat of the sun from evaporating the fluid 



contents. Being 

 highly coloured, 

 they doubtless 

 serve also to at- 

 tract the insect 

 victims, and in- 

 duce them to 

 alight upon the 

 plant. 



Nothing could 

 be more effect- 

 ively devised to 

 ensure success 

 than the shape 

 and secretion of 

 these " Pitcher- 

 plants." They 

 rival even those 

 temptations to 

 young men, 

 which, however 

 attractive at first, 

 become more 

 and more seduc- 

 tive and enchant- 



— Malformation of Cabbage-leaf: two-thirds nat- jngf Until thc fatal 



size, showing how a natural malformation of leaf 



form a pitcher or cup. Step IS taken, 



and recovery is impossible ! Thus, the lips of 



Fig. 97.- 

 ural 

 may 



