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easily, but the instant he turns back the 

 menacing bayonet hairs prevent his prog- 

 ress. He keeps on and now he begins to 

 scent the feast of honey which is spread 

 for him. He enters the opening, eats, be- 

 comes satiated, and decides to leave. He 

 looks for a place of egress, and is attracted 

 by the pretty windows in the roof. He be- 

 comes bewildered in this dun Castle of the 

 Doges, and every step over the deceptive 

 hairs brings him nearer his doom. 



The family Sarraceniacae, to which these 

 plants belong, is restricted to the New World. 

 It is represented by three genera : Sarrace- 

 nia, with six species, inhabiting the Eastern 

 United States ; Darlingtonia, with its one 

 species, D. Californica ; and Heliamphora, 

 with its one species, H. nutans, in Venezuela. 

 All the species bear pitchers, and they are all 

 insectivorous. 



The sundew is an unattractive plant, which 

 gi-ows in swamps and wet places. It is 

 represented nearly natural size in Fig. 87. 

 The peculiar ladle-like leaves are trimmed 

 with bristling hairs, which bear on their ends 

 little drops of glistening " dew " which give 

 the plant its name. These hairs are known 

 as tentacles. If any object falls upon the 



