Carnivorous Plants 



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6. In some cases the leaves act as carnivorous organs. — 



Some plants seem to possess the power of absorbing their 



Fig. 143. — Venus's Fly-trap {Dw?iiea muscipula). 



nitrogen by means of organic compounds containing it. Good 

 examples are to be seen in Venus's Fly-trap (iig. 143), and the 

 Sundews of our own country. If we examine the leaves of 



