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organ pipes, but each recurving into a large and well-arched 

 hood or helmet, with a framework of strongly-marked 

 veins. This helmet is brightly splashed with red, and 

 glistens with innumerable translucent spaces in which green 



FIG. i. Darlingtonia californica. 



tissue is absent, and only the epidermis of either side 

 remains. Its small downward-directed opening is con- 

 cealed, not only by its position, but by a gaily-tinted and 

 banner-like streamer which hangs in front. To this open- 

 ing, however, there ascends a gently-curved pathway which 



