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other small; and in others there were irregularly 
shaped globules; so that it appeared as if the limpid 
contents of the processes, owing tc the absorption of 
matter from the solution, had become aggregated 
sometimes round the nucleus, and sometimes into sepa- 
rate masses; and that these then tended to coalesce. 
The primordial utricle or protoplasm lining the pro- 
cesses was also thickened here and there into irregular 
and variously shaped specks of yellowish translucent 
matter, as occurred in the case of Utricularia neglecta 
under similar treatment. These specks apparently did 
not change their forms. 
The minute two-armed glands on the valve were 
also affected by the solution; for they now contained 
several, sometimes as many as six or eight, almost 
spherical masses of translucent matter, tinged with 
yellow, which slowly changed their forms and posi- 
tions. Such masses were never observed in these glands 
in their ordinary state. We may therefore infer that 
they serve for absorption. Whenever a little water is 
expelled from a bladder containing animal remains 
(by the means formerly specified, more especially by 
the generation of bubbles of air), it will fill the cavity 
in which the valve lies; and thus the glands will be 
able to utilise decayed matter which otherwise would 
have been wasted. 
Finally, as numerous minute animals are captured 
by this plant in its native country and when culti- 
vated, there can be no doubt that the bladders, though 
so small, are far from being in a rudimentary con- 
dition; on the contrary, they are highly efficient 
traps. Nor can there be any doubt that matter is 
absorbed from the decayed prey by the quadrifid and 
bifid processes, and that protoplasm is thus generated. 
What tempts animals uf such diverse kinds to enter 
