UNUSUAL PLANTS 



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absorbed this digested food, the hairs release the remain- 

 ing parts, which then fall off, and the hairs resume their 



usual position. 



Venus* Fly-trap. — - This plant has another waj to 



catch insects. The leaves end in a traplike device in 



two parts which lie flat like the Leaves of a 1 k. When 



an insect alights on one 

 side, the other clo 

 quickly and confines the 



Figure 426. — Diagram of Sundew. Figure 427. -Venus's Fly-trap. 



fly by bail's on the edge which interlock. Digestion and 

 absorption soon take place, after which the Leaves lie flat 

 again, ready for another insect visitor. 



Indian Pipe. — Although it produces flowers and seeds, 

 this plant has no chlorophyll and BO is a waxy white in 

 appearance. It gets its nourishment from decayed organic 



