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unfortunate yictim. An acid fluid is produced by the 

 glands, and by this the insect is dissolved and afterwards 

 absorbed by the leaf-tissues. In midsummer it is no un- 



Fio. 169.— The Carolina Fly-trap (Dionsea muscipula). About natural 

 size. 



common thing to find several of these leaves with insects 

 upon them. 



534. The Carolina Ply-trap (Fig. 169), or Venus's Fly- 

 trap, as it is frequently called, is one of the most remarkable 



