CHAi''ri:R XIII 



INSKCTIVCJRUUS I'LANTS 



I IK statciiKMil ill our previous chapter 

 that tlic leaf has no p(j\ver to absorb 

 nitrogen, has to be received with 

 certain exceptions. These exceptions 

 are discovered in a large group of plants, 

 having little or no botanical relationship, 

 and widely separated as regards their geographical 

 distribution and habit of growth. The term 

 insectivorous (insect-eating; has been applied to 

 these b)' eminent botanists who have studied their 

 habits and mode of growth. We may. as a 

 preliminary to our study, summarise the main 

 features of these interesting plants, because I wish 

 my readers to see in them an extension and 

 elaboration of the various processes we ha\e tried 



