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organ pipes, but each recurving into a large and well-arched 

 hood or helmet, with a framework of strongly - marked 

 veins. This helmet is brightly splashed with red, and 

 glistens with innumerable translucent spaces in which green 



Fig. I. — Darlingtonia californica. 



tissue is absent, and only the epidermis of either side 

 remains. Its small downward -directed opening is con- 

 cealed, not only by its position, but by a gaily-tinted and 

 banner-like streamer which hangs in front. To this open- 

 ing, however, there ascends a gently-curved pathway which 



