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THE WONDERS OF VEGETATION. 



ter at the base ! The whole of the outside of pitcher 

 and lid is spotted with a rich, brownish-red or purple. 

 It is well known that similar modifications of the 

 leafstalk, and the leaf itself, occur in many other 





Ice Plant. 



plants also. Thus, in the water calthrop, which 

 forces its roots down into the mud but spreads its 

 graceful leaves over the surface of the water, the leaf- 

 stalks are seen swelling in the middle into a kind of 



