FREAKS OF PLANT LIFE. 



into four zones. On the first one, or that nearest the 

 mouth of the pitcher, are numerous stomata, and also 

 a large number of strongly developed rigid hairs, which 

 point downward. The second zone is characterised 

 by the fact that each cell of the surface is prolonged 



downward into a short 





mammillary process, 

 its wall being striated 

 longitudinally. We 

 next come to a divi- 

 sion which is smooth, 

 hairs are entirely ab- 

 sent, and the cells are 

 sinuous in outline. 

 The fourth division is 

 by far the longest, 

 and is crowded with 

 long hairs, the points 

 of which are all di- 

 rected towards the 

 base, but they are not 

 so stout or strong as 

 those found near the 

 mouth of the pitcher." In explanation the rigid 

 hairs of the upper zone are shown to agree in 

 all respects with an ordinary trichome, being simply 

 the outgrowth of a single cell. These hairs 

 (fig. 9) on their external surface show a few dceply- 



Fi'^. 9. — SmTacciiia ptn'picrea, 



a Section of gland. 



b Hair from upper zone. 



c Hair from lower zone. — Gilbitrt. 



