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GLIMPSES INTO PLANT-LIFE 



drawing will show its formation. On the two lobes 

 of the leaf are a row of stiff bristles occupying the 

 precise position of the teeth of a rat-trap. The 

 inner surface of the leaves is of a reddish colour, 



due to its being thickly covered with minute red 

 glands ; on each lobe there are three stiff hairs. If 

 a fly alighted on the leaf and walked across its 

 surface, it would touch one of these hairs, and no 

 matter how light the touch might be, the hairs are 



