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bench are many Australian plants, represented by grevilleas, 

 hakeas, and others ; a group of insectivorous plants may also 

 be found here; among these are the pitcher plants (Sarra- 

 cenia) in several species; the pitchers contain a liquid in 

 which the insects are drowned, the fluid resulting from 

 their decay being absorbed by the pitchers; these structures 

 form a part of the leaves and are a modification of the pet- 

 iole. The sundews (Drosera) secrete a sticky substance 

 from the gland-hairs on their leaves, which can digest in- 

 sects and other animal matter. On the central bench may be 

 found a group of the rue family ; to this belong, among others, 

 the oranges and lemons, of which a number of small speci- 

 mens are here, others being placed in house No. 13. A 

 peculiar plant of this family is Agathosma apiculata, of 

 southern Africa; its leaves are full of glands which secrete 

 an oil exhaling a disagreeable odor quite apparent at times. 

 On the east side bench are members of the lily family and 

 the amaryllis family, with many other endogenous plants, 

 including a collection of orchids which grow in warm tem- 

 perate regions or in the mountainous sections of the tropics. 

 In the yew family, perhaps the most interesting are two small 

 plants of the "stinking cedar" (Tumion taxi folium) so-called 

 by the natives where it grows; it is known to occur in a 

 wild state in a small area along the Apalachicola River in 

 Florida. 



House No. 1 3. This house contains such plants of warm- 

 temperate regions as are too large for proper exhibition in 

 houses 12 and 14. The endogenous plants may be found 

 on the side next house No. 14; the remainder of the house is 

 occupied by exogenous plants. Opposite the entrance from 

 house No. 14 is a group illustrating the pine family and the 

 yew family. The most conspicuous objects among the former 

 are the araucarias, which take the place in the southern hemi- 

 sphere of the pines in the north; Araucaria brasiliana and A. 

 Bidwillii are prominent among these; the common Norfolk 

 Island pine (Araucaria excelsa) is shown in several large 

 specimens. To the right of this, across the path, will be 



