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PLANT STUDIES 



tlio water, and if it attempts to escape Ly crawling uj) tlie 

 sides of the urn, tlie tliiclvet of downward-2)oiiiting liairs 

 prevents. If it seeks to fly away from the rim, it ilies 

 towards tlie translucent spots in tlie liix^d, wliich Lmk like 

 the way of escape, as the direction of entrance is in the 

 sliadow of the liood. Pounding against the hood, tlie lly 

 falls into the tube. Tliis Sontheru pitcher plant is known 



Fid. 15fi. Two li'iiv(.-H of a Bun-dew. Tlie nne t<i the n^'ht has its ^himliilar hairs 

 fully rxiiaiiclrfl ; Ihr <mr til tlir left shiiwB half of the hairs lirTidins iiiwanl, in the 

 ]i<isHiiin a^siiiiieii wlieii an insect lias lieeii eapttireil. — After KEnNKi:. 



as a great tly-c;itcher, and the urns ;u'e often well supplied 

 with ilit^ deca\'ing hodies of these insects. 



A much hirger Cidifornian pitcher plant has still more 

 elaborate contrivtmces for attracting insects (see Fig. 1. ")-!). 



(2) hrascni. — Tlie droseras are commonly knoHii as 

 " snn-dews," and grow in swampy regions, the leaves form- 

 ing smsdl rosettes on the gromid (see Fig. 155). In one 

 forin tlie leaf blade is round, and the margin is licset by 

 prominent bristledike hairs, each with a globuhir gland at 

 its tij) (see Fig. 15()). Hhorter gland-bearing hairs are 



