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certainly included under the category of carnivorous. I have already 

 alluded to their existence in Nepenthes and Dionsea. The bodies 

 described by Darwin under the name of " quadrifids " in the bladders 

 of TJtricularia bear a strong resemblance to the absorptive glands 

 of Drosera after the development of the papillae ; and the drawing, 

 Fig, 30, at p. 448, of the similar bodies in Genlisea, a Brazilian 

 plant nearly allied to TJtricularia, exhibits a still more striking 

 resemblance. No less remarkable is their absence from all plants 

 which do not possess this power ; the only exception to this, as far 

 as I am aware, being in the case of Callitriche. I have closely 

 examined the leaves of the British plant supposed to have the nearest 

 afi&nity to Brosera, Parnassia palustris, without detecting the 

 least trace of them. It is to be hoped that future researches will 

 throw more light on these interesting objects. 



