LEAVES 37 



the fly usually falls into the tube. The pitchers gen- 

 erally contain the decaying bodies of numerous drowned 

 insects. 



A much larger Calif ornian pitcher-plant is Darlingtonia 

 (Fig. 36), whose leaves are one and a half to three feet 

 high, the hood bearing a 

 gaudily colored " fish-tail " 

 appendage, the whole struc- 

 ture being a more elaborate 



FIG. 34. Leaves of the common FIG. 35. Leaf of a southern pitcher-plant, 



northern pitcher -plant, one of showing the funnelform and winged 



them sectioned to show cavity pitcher, and the overarching hood with 



and wing. After GRAY. translucent spots. After KERNER. 



insect trap than are the leaves of Sarracenia. In these 

 traps not only are the remains of flies found, but bees, 

 hornets, butterflies, beetles, grasshoppers, and even snails 

 have been reported. 



