LEAVES 



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the fly usually falls into the tube. The pitchers gen- 

 erally contain the decaying bodies of numerous drowned 

 insects. 



A much larger Californian pitcher-plant is Darlingtonia 

 (Fig. 36), whose leaves are one and a half to three feet 

 high, the hood bearing a 

 gaudily colored " fish-tail " 

 appendage, the whole struc- 

 ture being a more elaborate 



FIG. 34. Leaves of the common 

 northern pitcher -plant, one of 

 them sectioned to show cavity 

 and wing. After GRAY. 



FIG. 35. Leaf of a southern pitcher-plant, 

 showing the funnelform and winged 

 pitcher, and the overarching hood with 

 translucent spots. After KKKNKK. 



insect trap than are the leaves of Sarracenia. In these 

 traps not only are the remains of flies found, but bees, 

 hornets, butterflies, beetles, grasshoppers, and even snails 

 have been reported. 





