ORGANOTOPIC PLANTS. 
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acceSvS. For instance, there is by the side of the road to the 
old pumping station, not far from Manchester Center, a 
wet, sandy spot covered with somewhat rare plants, one of 
which is Tycopodium inundatum, and another a sundew, 
Drose.ra intermedia. This is one of the carnivorous plants, 
and may be found in abundance, provided one knows 
where to look for it. Our other species, D. rotundifolia, 
though less abundant, is by no means rare. This genus, 
Drosera, is the most striking of our carnivorous plants, 
since the processes of entrapping, securing and eating 
their prey may be actually seen. The plants are small, 
with a slender scape a few inches high bearing several 
flowers, and a rosette of leaves at or near the ground. The 
scape is bent over upon itself near the upper extremity, 
and the one, two or three small, bright white flowers at the 
top of the bend open only in sunshine. The leaves and pet¬ 
ioles are usually of a reddish hue, though in D. rotundifo¬ 
lia I have often found them green. In the last named species 
the leaves lie flat on the ground and are shaped like a small, 
shallow salt-spoon with a straight handle, the blade of the 
leaf corresponding to the bowl. In D. intermedia the leaves 
are raised above the ground and are inclined to slant upward. 
In shape they are like the handle of a child’s toy spoon, 
broadest near the extremity. 
But the most peculiar thing about these plants, and the 
most essential, as we shall see, to their well being, may be 
observed by the use of a pocket lens of moderate power. 
The leaf is beset all over the upper surface and around the 
edge with hairs or tentacles. At the end of each hair is a 
gland, and from each gland exudes a drop of viscid fluid 
like a drop of dew, whence the popular name, sundew. So 
the leaf looks like a tiny cushion stuck full of minute dia¬ 
mond-headed pins. A very innocent-looking plant it is. 
Blow on it as hard as you will, or shower it with water. 
Nothing will occur. The plant cares nothing for wind and 
