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PLANT PECULIARITIES 



by his struggles to get 

 out, falls into the water 

 and is drowned. When 

 the bodies decay, the 

 plants secure the nitro- 

 gen which they are un- 

 able to get through their 

 roots. 



The Sundew. — This 

 plant has round leaves 

 covered with long glandu- 

 lar hairs which secrete a sticky substance. When an 

 insect alights on a leaf, the hairs bend over and hold the 

 victim until it dies, the secretions of the plant meanwhile 

 digesting the soft parts of the insect. When the leaf has 



Figure 424. — Leaves of Pitcher 

 Plant. 



Figure 425. — Photograph of Sundew. 



