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pet-shaped mouths. The secretion, however, produced by 

 the glands in the interior does not seem to have the power 

 of digesting the dead bodies. The genus Sarracenia itself is 



FIG. ii2. -LEAVES OF Sarraccnia. (Geddes.) 



A, attracting and secreting surface. B, glassy epidermis, c, secreting 

 surface. D, detentive surface. 



distributed over the eastern States of North America, and is 

 abundantly cultivated also in hothouses in this country. 



The leaves, like those of Drosera, are radical. Each 

 trumpet-like leaf is surrounded by a large gaudy nectar- 

 secreting blade, serving as a protection from the rain, which 



