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BOTANY. 



hollo-w closed body, which finally becomes open by the 

 separation of a hinged lid (Fig. 151, d, e,f). In the cavi- 

 ties of these pitchers a watery, slightly acid fluid is secreted; 



Fig. 151.— Two leaves of Nepenthes, the Indian Ktcher-Ieaf. /, the lid, which 

 is still closed in the younger leaf. Beduced. 



upon their borders are secreted honey or nectar drops, 

 which attract insects, and these falling into the fluid within 



