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Gray, Professor Goodale, of Harvard University, has 

 sent me a condensed translation from the German of 

 Sehacht, " On the Development of Utricularia Vulgaris," 

 and as this species grows with us, and does not differ 

 materially from the development of the utricle of U. in- 

 flata, I gladly give it a place here : 



" According to Schleiden, in the sinuses of the leaves 

 there appears a minute cornet-shaped body, from which 



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FIG. 7. COPIED FROM SCHACHT, SHOWING EARLY STAGES OF THE UTRICLE, 



AND THE GLANDS FOUND ON THE INNER SURFACE OF THE UTRICDLARIA 

 VULGARIS. 



there is developed, little by little, the stalked utricle, 

 whose external opening is closed by a beard at the 

 mouth. According to Benjamin, some segments of the 

 leaf remain backward in developing. They do not elon- 

 gate ; on the contrary, they broaden, and extend at their 

 base, forming a relatively narrow neck, on which ap- 

 pears a little sphere, which is fastened by a short stalk 



