38 A TEXT-BOOK OF BOTANY 
The species of Nepenthes from the oriental tropics, very 
common in conservatories, develop most remarkable leaves, 
the lowest part being an ordi- 
nary blade, beyond which is a 
well-developed tendril, at the 
end of which there arises an 
Fic. 36.—Leaves of the Californian pitcher- Fic.37.—Leaf of Nepenthes, shov:- 
plant, showing the twisted and winged ing the blade-like base, the ten- 
pitcher, the overarching hood with trans- dril portion, and the terminal 
lucent spots, and the fish-tail appendage pitcher with its lid.— After 
to the hood.—After KERNER. Gray. 
elaborate pitcher with a lid (Fig. 37). There is the same 
sweetish secretion at the rim of the pitcher, and the same 
accumulation of water within as in the ordinary pitcher- 
plants. 
(5) Leaves of sundews.—The sundews are forms of 
Drosera and grow in swampy regions, the leaves forming 
