10 CONTENTS. 



Chapter XII. 



DION^EA. 



PAGB 



Reception of Dioncea Muscipula. — Extract from Letter Written by 

 Mr. Darwin. — Experiments with Dionsea. — A Self-made Prisoner . 182 



Chapter XIII. 



SARRACENIA VARIOLARIS. 



Description of Sarracenia Variolaru. — Insects attracted by a Sweet 

 Secreting Fluid. — Behavior of Ants while Feeding on the Secre- 

 tion. — Experiments in my Study. — Intoxicating Effects of the 

 Sweet Secretion. — Structure of the Leaf. — Wasps building their 

 Nests in the Young Leaves of Sarracenia. — Professor Riley's Ac- 

 count of the Nests. — Florida Cockroach Intoxicated by the Bever- 

 age of Sarracenia. — Experiments to Test the Digestive Powers of 

 Sarracenia ' 188 



PART IV.— FLOWERING PLANTS. 

 Chapter XIV. 



LIFE IN FLORIDA. 



Nymphaa Flava. — Manner of Growth. — Tangled Thicket of Flower- 

 ing Shrubs and Vines. — Amaryllis Atamasco. — Bees visiting Pin- 

 guicula. — Zephyranthes Treaties. ■ — Domestic Animals. — Feeding- 

 grounds in the St. John's. — Valisneria Spiralis. — Larvae of 

 Chironomus-fly 207 



Chapter XV. 



IN THE PINES. 



The Delicate Pyxie. — Trailing Arbutus. — The Wax Myrtle. — Tho- 

 reau's Experiment. — Helonias Bullaia. — The Golden Club. — Dro- 

 sera Filiformis. — Plants near the Border of a Great Cedar Swamp. 

 — Osmunda Regalis. — Kalmia Latifolia. — Magnolia. — Xerophyllum 



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