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with deflexed rigid hairs, which converge towards the 

 axis of the cavity ; so that an insect, if once amongst 

 them, is effectually detained, and its struggles have no 



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Fz]^. 7.— Pitchers of Sarraccnia variolaris, reduced. 

 Other result than to wedge it lower and more firmly 

 in the pitcher. ^ 



' "Gardener's Chronicle," September 5, 1874, p. 293. 



