LEAVES 37 
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 Fic. 35.—Leaf of a southern pitcher-plant, 
northern pitcher-plant, one of showing the funnelform and winged 
them sectioned to show cavity pitcher, and the overarching hood with 
and wing.—After Gray. translucent spots.—After KERNER. 
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. 
