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Portrait of the owner at West Cornwall Carnivores. Cornwall's specialist Carnivorous plant grower. Stock Photo

RM2K0RNPA–Portrait of the owner at West Cornwall Carnivores. Cornwall's specialist Carnivorous plant grower.

Antique pweter vase pitcher, pots, dry flowers. Stock Photo

RMRK230N–Antique pweter vase pitcher, pots, dry flowers.

Pitcher plants Pflanzenleben Stock Photo

RMJ4CNG6–Pitcher plants Pflanzenleben

485 Pitcher plants - Pflanzenleben Stock Photo

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RMHX5P73–Pitcher plants Pflanzenleben

Lavender Sarracenia is North American pitcher plants. Its leaves are tubular pitcher-shaped, vintage line drawing or engraving illustration. Stock Vector

RFT602MM–Lavender Sarracenia is North American pitcher plants. Its leaves are tubular pitcher-shaped, vintage line drawing or engraving illustration.

adult men, kids, girls run, play, stand and kick utilizing comfortable appropriate foot wear for their athletic activities Stock Photo

RMBAPY0P–adult men, kids, girls run, play, stand and kick utilizing comfortable appropriate foot wear for their athletic activities

These pitcher plants are purple spotted from inside and are almost one foot long, vintage line drawing or engraving illustration. Stock Vector

RFT5X4H6–These pitcher plants are purple spotted from inside and are almost one foot long, vintage line drawing or engraving illustration.

Girl posing at a pitcher pump - Merritt Island Stock Photo

RMEF0XN2–Girl posing at a pitcher pump - Merritt Island

The Gardens of Kew- the work of Kew Gardens in Wartime, Surrey, England, UK, 1943 A member of the British Red Cross and his female companion inspect carnivorous pitcher plants from Malaya and Borneo in the tropical department at Kew Gardens. More insectivorous plants, such as the South African sundew and the American pitcher plant, can also be seen on the shelves of the greenhouse. Stock Photo

RM2T1KRXY–The Gardens of Kew- the work of Kew Gardens in Wartime, Surrey, England, UK, 1943 A member of the British Red Cross and his female companion inspect carnivorous pitcher plants from Malaya and Borneo in the tropical department at Kew Gardens. More insectivorous plants, such as the South African sundew and the American pitcher plant, can also be seen on the shelves of the greenhouse.

Plants: Near Egyptian building, a Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca) stands by a Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes distillatoria). The tropical pitcher plant endemic to Sri Lanka. In antiquity it was a kind of magic potion that made people forget all their pains and misfortunes. Homer said it was plant of Egypt and adds that Helena made use of it charm her hosts and make them forget their pains. Stock Photo

RM2AJA228–Plants: Near Egyptian building, a Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca) stands by a Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes distillatoria). The tropical pitcher plant endemic to Sri Lanka. In antiquity it was a kind of magic potion that made people forget all their pains and misfortunes. Homer said it was plant of Egypt and adds that Helena made use of it charm her hosts and make them forget their pains.

Miscellaneous Notes and Receipts. Spiders and Pitcher Plants. A Pygmy Locomotive. AO. ' 41., scientific american, 98-09-10 Stock Photo

RM2ABXH5K–Miscellaneous Notes and Receipts. Spiders and Pitcher Plants. A Pygmy Locomotive. AO. ' 41., scientific american, 98-09-10

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The prairie spirit in landscape gardening; what the people of Illinois have done and can do toward designing and planting public and private grounds for efficiency and beauty . 33. The Beginning of a Prairie BogHere are water hyacinth, cardamon, umbrella plant, and the palm-like cur-culigo. In modern bogs grow orchids, pitcher plants, and Jrijige^ gentian Shallwe save no moist spot near each community where futurcTsnreniiknsaBatr eyithe unique flowers of bog gardens? t^iyili^v^v^ KJ^ 34. The Margin of some Ancient Lake Illinois When tropical plants arched over the bank, as do these tree ferns, Stock Photo

RM2AN7NE9–The prairie spirit in landscape gardening; what the people of Illinois have done and can do toward designing and planting public and private grounds for efficiency and beauty . 33. The Beginning of a Prairie BogHere are water hyacinth, cardamon, umbrella plant, and the palm-like cur-culigo. In modern bogs grow orchids, pitcher plants, and Jrijige^ gentian Shallwe save no moist spot near each community where futurcTsnreniiknsaBatr eyithe unique flowers of bog gardens? t^iyili^v^v^ KJ^ 34. The Margin of some Ancient Lake Illinois When tropical plants arched over the bank, as do these tree ferns,

Hereford Cathedral, Hereford, Herefordshire, 1954-1957. Detail of a pitcher on a stone sill in the cathedral church's cloister. Stock Photo

RM2RT2HR6–Hereford Cathedral, Hereford, Herefordshire, 1954-1957. Detail of a pitcher on a stone sill in the cathedral church's cloister.

. Beginners' botany. Botany. lOO BEGINNERS' BOTANY. sticky hairs that close over the insect; the Venus's flytrap of the Southern states, in which the halves of the leaves close over the prey like the jaws of a steel trap ; and the various kinds of pitcher plants that col- lect insects and other organic matter in deep, water-iilled, flask- like leaf pouches (Fig. 119). The sundew and Venus's fly- trap are sensitive to contact. OtheK plants are sensitive to the touch without being insectivo- rous. The common cultivated sensitive plant is an example. This is readily grown from seeds (sold by seed Stock Photo

RMPG26GK–. Beginners' botany. Botany. lOO BEGINNERS' BOTANY. sticky hairs that close over the insect; the Venus's flytrap of the Southern states, in which the halves of the leaves close over the prey like the jaws of a steel trap ; and the various kinds of pitcher plants that col- lect insects and other organic matter in deep, water-iilled, flask- like leaf pouches (Fig. 119). The sundew and Venus's fly- trap are sensitive to contact. OtheK plants are sensitive to the touch without being insectivo- rous. The common cultivated sensitive plant is an example. This is readily grown from seeds (sold by seed

Goodwood Race Prize - Arab Group in the Desert, 1854. Horse racing trophy. 'Cup...executed by Messrs. Garrard, of the Haymarket, and represents an Arab horseman receiving a pitcher of water in the desert from a woman stationed by the side of a well The artist has introduced a child, a she-goat, and a kid, with good accessorial effect; two palm-trees wave over the heads of all these, and render the general composition very pleasing. Mr. Cotterill, by whom the whole has been designed, during his recent visit to the East, had many opportunities of seeing Oriental scenery and costume, and he has a Stock Photo

RM2K03Y4R–Goodwood Race Prize - Arab Group in the Desert, 1854. Horse racing trophy. 'Cup...executed by Messrs. Garrard, of the Haymarket, and represents an Arab horseman receiving a pitcher of water in the desert from a woman stationed by the side of a well The artist has introduced a child, a she-goat, and a kid, with good accessorial effect; two palm-trees wave over the heads of all these, and render the general composition very pleasing. Mr. Cotterill, by whom the whole has been designed, during his recent visit to the East, had many opportunities of seeing Oriental scenery and costume, and he has a

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Nepenthes is known as pitcher plant (also called as Carnivorous plants), which eats insects and other small animals, vintage line drawing or engraving Stock Vector

RFT5YMFE–Nepenthes is known as pitcher plant (also called as Carnivorous plants), which eats insects and other small animals, vintage line drawing or engraving

The Rays of the Glow-worm. Oiled Clothing. Cycles for Farmers. The Current Supplement. Con tents. (Illustrated articles are marked with an asterisk.) American progress in English industries 162 Ball-bearing Hitchcock's 164 Bids for battleships 166 Books new 173 Bronze castings 164 Cradle Bird's folding 161 port on 170 Cuba undeveloped resources of 163 Cycles for farmers 172 Evolution Prof. Haeckel on 166 Exposition. Omaha 161 168 Foods artificial ' 162 Glow worm rays of the 172 Government exhibits Omaha 168 Inventions recently patented 173 Journal oldest American 166 Locomotive pygmy 167 Stock Photo

RM2ABXH5Y–The Rays of the Glow-worm. Oiled Clothing. Cycles for Farmers. The Current Supplement. Con tents. (Illustrated articles are marked with an asterisk.) American progress in English industries 162 Ball-bearing Hitchcock's 164 Bids for battleships 166 Books new 173 Bronze castings 164 Cradle Bird's folding 161 port on 170 Cuba undeveloped resources of 163 Cycles for farmers 172 Evolution Prof. Haeckel on 166 Exposition. Omaha 161 168 Foods artificial ' 162 Glow worm rays of the 172 Government exhibits Omaha 168 Inventions recently patented 173 Journal oldest American 166 Locomotive pygmy 167

. Plant studies; an elementary botany. Botany. THE NUTRITION OF PLANTS 165 swallowed by animals. Some common illustrations are as follows : (1) Pitcher plants.—In these plants the leaves form tubes, or urns, of various forms, which contain water, and to which insects are attracted and drowned (see Fig. 146). A pitcher plant common throughout the Southern States may be taken as a type (see Fig. 147). The leaves are shaped like slender, hollow cones, and rise in a tuft from the swampy ground. The mouth of this conical urn is over- arched and shaded by a hood, in which are translucent spots, like Stock Photo

RMRE0MG9–. Plant studies; an elementary botany. Botany. THE NUTRITION OF PLANTS 165 swallowed by animals. Some common illustrations are as follows : (1) Pitcher plants.—In these plants the leaves form tubes, or urns, of various forms, which contain water, and to which insects are attracted and drowned (see Fig. 146). A pitcher plant common throughout the Southern States may be taken as a type (see Fig. 147). The leaves are shaped like slender, hollow cones, and rise in a tuft from the swampy ground. The mouth of this conical urn is over- arched and shaded by a hood, in which are translucent spots, like

. Essentials of botany. Botany; Botany. Fig. 85. Blade of Leaf of Sundew. (Some- what magnified.) ;!?«! (S 140. Carnivorous Plants. — In the ordinary pitcher-plants (Fig. 83) the leaf appears in the shape of a more or less hooded pitcher. These pitchers are usually partly filled with water, and in this water very many drowned and decaying insects are commonly to be found. The insects have flown or crawled into the pitcher, and, once inside, have been unable to escape on account of the dense growth of bristly hairs about the mouth, all pointing inward and downward. How much the common American Stock Photo

RMPG423A–. Essentials of botany. Botany; Botany. Fig. 85. Blade of Leaf of Sundew. (Some- what magnified.) ;!?«! (S 140. Carnivorous Plants. — In the ordinary pitcher-plants (Fig. 83) the leaf appears in the shape of a more or less hooded pitcher. These pitchers are usually partly filled with water, and in this water very many drowned and decaying insects are commonly to be found. The insects have flown or crawled into the pitcher, and, once inside, have been unable to escape on account of the dense growth of bristly hairs about the mouth, all pointing inward and downward. How much the common American

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RMRDAMKX–. Beginners' botany. Botany. lOO BEGINNERS' BOTANY. sticky hairs that close over the insect; the Venus's flytrap of the Southern states, in which the halves of the leaves close over the prey like the jaws of a steel trap ; and the various kinds of pitcher plants that col- lect insects and other organic matter in deep, water-iilled, flask- like leaf pouches (Fig. 119). The sundew and Venus's fly- trap are sensitive to contact. OtheK plants are sensitive to the touch without being insectivo- rous. The common cultivated sensitive plant is an example. This is readily grown from seeds (sold by seed

. Foundations of botany. Botany; Botany. Fig. 239. —Blade of Leaf of Sundew. (Somewhat magnified.) This growth completely surrounds the young, active tips of all the roots and the threads of the mykorhiza, as it is called, seem to do the work of root- hairs. 410. Carnivorous Plants. — In the ordinary pitcher-plants (Fig. 237) the leaf appears in the shape of a more or less hooded pitcher. These pitchers are usually partly filled with water, and in this water very many drowned and decaying insects are commonly to be found. The insects have flown or crawled into the pitcher, and, once inside, ha Stock Photo

RMPG49XC–. Foundations of botany. Botany; Botany. Fig. 239. —Blade of Leaf of Sundew. (Somewhat magnified.) This growth completely surrounds the young, active tips of all the roots and the threads of the mykorhiza, as it is called, seem to do the work of root- hairs. 410. Carnivorous Plants. — In the ordinary pitcher-plants (Fig. 237) the leaf appears in the shape of a more or less hooded pitcher. These pitchers are usually partly filled with water, and in this water very many drowned and decaying insects are commonly to be found. The insects have flown or crawled into the pitcher, and, once inside, ha

RMRDJWYP–. Foundations of botany. Botany; Botany. Fig. 239. —Blade of Leaf of Sundew. (Somewhat magnified.) This growth completely surrounds the young, active tips of all the roots and the threads of the mykorhiza, as it is called, seem to do the work of root- hairs. 410. Carnivorous Plants. — In the ordinary pitcher-plants (Fig. 237) the leaf appears in the shape of a more or less hooded pitcher. These pitchers are usually partly filled with water, and in this water very many drowned and decaying insects are commonly to be found. The insects have flown or crawled into the pitcher, and, once inside, ha

. Essentials of botany. Botany; Botany. 120 ESSENTIALS OF BOTANY. Fig. 85. Blade of Leaf of Sundew. (Some- what magnified.) ;!?«! (S 140. Carnivorous Plants. — In the ordinary pitcher-plants (Fig. 83) the leaf appears in the shape of a more or less hooded pitcher. These pitchers are usually partly filled with water, and in this water very many drowned and decaying insects are commonly to be found. The insects have flown or crawled into the pitcher, and, once inside, have been unable to escape on account of the dense growth of bristly hairs about the mouth, all pointing inward and downward. How Stock Photo

RMPG423G–. Essentials of botany. Botany; Botany. 120 ESSENTIALS OF BOTANY. Fig. 85. Blade of Leaf of Sundew. (Some- what magnified.) ;!?«! (S 140. Carnivorous Plants. — In the ordinary pitcher-plants (Fig. 83) the leaf appears in the shape of a more or less hooded pitcher. These pitchers are usually partly filled with water, and in this water very many drowned and decaying insects are commonly to be found. The insects have flown or crawled into the pitcher, and, once inside, have been unable to escape on account of the dense growth of bristly hairs about the mouth, all pointing inward and downward. How

RMRDHGJ0–. Essentials of botany. Botany; Botany. Fig. 85. Blade of Leaf of Sundew. (Some- what magnified.) ;!?«! (S 140. Carnivorous Plants. — In the ordinary pitcher-plants (Fig. 83) the leaf appears in the shape of a more or less hooded pitcher. These pitchers are usually partly filled with water, and in this water very many drowned and decaying insects are commonly to be found. The insects have flown or crawled into the pitcher, and, once inside, have been unable to escape on account of the dense growth of bristly hairs about the mouth, all pointing inward and downward. How much the common American

. A text-book of botany for secondary schools. Botany. Fig. 36.—Leaves of the Califorman pitcher- plant, showing the twisted and winged pitcher, the overarching hood with trans- lucent spots, and the fish-tail appendage to the hood.—After Kerner. Fig. 37.—Leaf of Nepenthes, shov.-- ing the blade-like base, the ten- dril portion, and the terminal pitcher with its lid. — After Gray. elaborate pitcher with a lid (Fig. 37). There is the same sweetish secretion at the rim of the pitcher, and the same accumulation of water within as in the ordinary pitcher- plants. (5) Leaves of sundews.—The sundews Stock Photo

RMPFYF9K–. A text-book of botany for secondary schools. Botany. Fig. 36.—Leaves of the Califorman pitcher- plant, showing the twisted and winged pitcher, the overarching hood with trans- lucent spots, and the fish-tail appendage to the hood.—After Kerner. Fig. 37.—Leaf of Nepenthes, shov.-- ing the blade-like base, the ten- dril portion, and the terminal pitcher with its lid. — After Gray. elaborate pitcher with a lid (Fig. 37). There is the same sweetish secretion at the rim of the pitcher, and the same accumulation of water within as in the ordinary pitcher- plants. (5) Leaves of sundews.—The sundews

RMRDGWCK–. Essentials of botany. Botany; Botany. 120 ESSENTIALS OF BOTANY. Fig. 85. Blade of Leaf of Sundew. (Some- what magnified.) ;!?«! (S 140. Carnivorous Plants. — In the ordinary pitcher-plants (Fig. 83) the leaf appears in the shape of a more or less hooded pitcher. These pitchers are usually partly filled with water, and in this water very many drowned and decaying insects are commonly to be found. The insects have flown or crawled into the pitcher, and, once inside, have been unable to escape on account of the dense growth of bristly hairs about the mouth, all pointing inward and downward. How

. Foundations of botany. Botany; Botany. 342 FOXJNDATIONS OF BOTAST. Fig. 239. —Blade of Leaf of Sundew. (Somewhat magnified.) This growth completely surrounds the young, active tips of all the roots and the threads of the mykorhiza, as it is called, seem to do the work of root- hairs. 410. Carnivorous Plants. — In the ordinary pitcher-plants (Fig. 237) the leaf appears in the shape of a more or less hooded pitcher. These pitchers are usually partly filled with water, and in this water very many drowned and decaying insects are commonly to be found. The insects have flown or crawled into the p Stock Photo

RMPG49XH–. Foundations of botany. Botany; Botany. 342 FOXJNDATIONS OF BOTAST. Fig. 239. —Blade of Leaf of Sundew. (Somewhat magnified.) This growth completely surrounds the young, active tips of all the roots and the threads of the mykorhiza, as it is called, seem to do the work of root- hairs. 410. Carnivorous Plants. — In the ordinary pitcher-plants (Fig. 237) the leaf appears in the shape of a more or less hooded pitcher. These pitchers are usually partly filled with water, and in this water very many drowned and decaying insects are commonly to be found. The insects have flown or crawled into the p

RMRDAB74–. A text-book of botany for secondary schools. Botany. Fig. 36.—Leaves of the Califorman pitcher- plant, showing the twisted and winged pitcher, the overarching hood with trans- lucent spots, and the fish-tail appendage to the hood.—After Kerner. Fig. 37.—Leaf of Nepenthes, shov.-- ing the blade-like base, the ten- dril portion, and the terminal pitcher with its lid. — After Gray. elaborate pitcher with a lid (Fig. 37). There is the same sweetish secretion at the rim of the pitcher, and the same accumulation of water within as in the ordinary pitcher- plants. (5) Leaves of sundews.—The sundews

. Plant life and plant uses; an elementary textbook, a foundation for the study of agriculture, domestic science or college botany. Botany. SPECIAL FORMS OF LEAVES 253 Pitcher plants are found, usually in swamps, both in the northern and southern United States. (See Figure go.) The southern pitcher plant produces a sweet liquid {nectar) at the mouth of the pitcher; it is quite similar to the nectar which at- tracts insects to flowers. If the insect goes beyond the mouth of the pitcher, it rarely if ever gets out again. Just beyond the rim there is a surface so smooth that even a fly slips on i Stock Photo

RMPG4151–. Plant life and plant uses; an elementary textbook, a foundation for the study of agriculture, domestic science or college botany. Botany. SPECIAL FORMS OF LEAVES 253 Pitcher plants are found, usually in swamps, both in the northern and southern United States. (See Figure go.) The southern pitcher plant produces a sweet liquid {nectar) at the mouth of the pitcher; it is quite similar to the nectar which at- tracts insects to flowers. If the insect goes beyond the mouth of the pitcher, it rarely if ever gets out again. Just beyond the rim there is a surface so smooth that even a fly slips on i

. Freaks and marvels of plant life; or, Curiosities of vegetation. Plant anatomy. SIDE-SADDLE FLOWERS. 7? A similar structure in Sarracenia purpurea (fig. 8), is thus described by Mr. W. H. Gilburt,1 in his.. Fig. 8.—Pitcher of Sarracenia fur-ptirea. reduced, with section- memoir on " The Histology of Pitcher-Plants." He says :—" The interior surface of this pitcher is divided 1 W. H. Gilburt in " Journal of the Quekett Microscopical- Club," November, 1880, vol. vi., p. 154. There is a characteristic figure of this Sarracenia in old Gerarde's "Herbal" (1597), Stock Photo

RMRDXJE0–. Freaks and marvels of plant life; or, Curiosities of vegetation. Plant anatomy. SIDE-SADDLE FLOWERS. 7? A similar structure in Sarracenia purpurea (fig. 8), is thus described by Mr. W. H. Gilburt,1 in his.. Fig. 8.—Pitcher of Sarracenia fur-ptirea. reduced, with section- memoir on " The Histology of Pitcher-Plants." He says :—" The interior surface of this pitcher is divided 1 W. H. Gilburt in " Journal of the Quekett Microscopical- Club," November, 1880, vol. vi., p. 154. There is a characteristic figure of this Sarracenia in old Gerarde's "Herbal" (1597),

. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. DARLINGTONIA DASYLIRION 4.57 pitcher plants. There is only one species in this genus. The plant was first collected near Mt. Shasta by the Wilkes Exploring Expedition. Indians attacked the party, and as the explorers retreated to their camp W. D. Brackenridge grabbed something, which turned out to be fragments Stock Photo

RMPG0HPF–. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. DARLINGTONIA DASYLIRION 4.57 pitcher plants. There is only one species in this genus. The plant was first collected near Mt. Shasta by the Wilkes Exploring Expedition. Indians attacked the party, and as the explorers retreated to their camp W. D. Brackenridge grabbed something, which turned out to be fragments

. Freaks and marvels of plant life; or, Curiosities of vegetation. Plant anatomy. PITCHER-PLANTS. 117 S£& <cxtends on each side, and below all is the bottom of the pitcher, which is smooth and without glands. The surface of the conducting-shelf is furnished with ihairs projecting downwards. Looking at this arrangement as that of a fly-catching apparatus, it seems to be admirably adapted to the purpose, the projecting ledge, the downward directed hairs with which it is fur- nished, and the incurved •teeth of the rim, all present •obstacles to the exit of any insect which may enter. Small Stock Photo

RMRDXJCB–. Freaks and marvels of plant life; or, Curiosities of vegetation. Plant anatomy. PITCHER-PLANTS. 117 S£& <cxtends on each side, and below all is the bottom of the pitcher, which is smooth and without glands. The surface of the conducting-shelf is furnished with ihairs projecting downwards. Looking at this arrangement as that of a fly-catching apparatus, it seems to be admirably adapted to the purpose, the projecting ledge, the downward directed hairs with which it is fur- nished, and the incurved •teeth of the rim, all present •obstacles to the exit of any insect which may enter. Small

. Botany for agricultural students . Botany. USES OF THE PHOTOSYNTHETIC FOOD 273 to catching insects. Plants with such leaves are often called "carnivorous plants " or "insectivorous plants." The "Pitcher Plants " are so named because the leaves form tubes of urns of various forms, which contain water, and to these pitchers insects are attracted and then drowned. {Fig. 245.) The plants known as " Sundews" have their leaves spread on the ground and clothed with secreting hairs. {Fig. 2Jfi.) These secre- tions not only entangle in- sects but digest them. I Stock Photo

RMPG4BFT–. Botany for agricultural students . Botany. USES OF THE PHOTOSYNTHETIC FOOD 273 to catching insects. Plants with such leaves are often called "carnivorous plants " or "insectivorous plants." The "Pitcher Plants " are so named because the leaves form tubes of urns of various forms, which contain water, and to these pitchers insects are attracted and then drowned. {Fig. 245.) The plants known as " Sundews" have their leaves spread on the ground and clothed with secreting hairs. {Fig. 2Jfi.) These secre- tions not only entangle in- sects but digest them. I

. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. 1 llftv â A"; i yv; 1M//U 14,â0# Pitcher and Insectivorous Plants. By Henry James Chapman. Most charming and interesting are these plants, and as they are also easy of culture they should be far more generally grown than is now the case. Nepenthes is perhaps the most difficult genus to deal with, owing to the fact that the plants need more heat during the winter months than is generally at command. But there are the North American Pitcher-plants (Sarracenias, in various species and hybrids), Darlingtonia califor Stock Photo

RMRDXFAX–. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. 1 llftv â A"; i yv; 1M//U 14,â0# Pitcher and Insectivorous Plants. By Henry James Chapman. Most charming and interesting are these plants, and as they are also easy of culture they should be far more generally grown than is now the case. Nepenthes is perhaps the most difficult genus to deal with, owing to the fact that the plants need more heat during the winter months than is generally at command. But there are the North American Pitcher-plants (Sarracenias, in various species and hybrids), Darlingtonia califor

. Botany for agricultural students . Botany. 132 CELLS AND TISSUES which spread into the soil where they take up water by means of osmosis, are the chief absorptive structures. [Fig. 119.) There are some plants, however, which live on other plants, in which case the root tissues absorb directly from the tissues with which they are in contact. In some cases the leaves absorb, as in the Sundew (Drosera), Venus's Flytrap {Dioncea muscipula), and Pitcher Plants (Sarracenia), where the eaves are especially constructed for catching and absorbing insects. Food-making Tissues. â The principal food-mak Stock Photo

RMPG430W–. Botany for agricultural students . Botany. 132 CELLS AND TISSUES which spread into the soil where they take up water by means of osmosis, are the chief absorptive structures. [Fig. 119.) There are some plants, however, which live on other plants, in which case the root tissues absorb directly from the tissues with which they are in contact. In some cases the leaves absorb, as in the Sundew (Drosera), Venus's Flytrap {Dioncea muscipula), and Pitcher Plants (Sarracenia), where the eaves are especially constructed for catching and absorbing insects. Food-making Tissues. â The principal food-mak

RMRDJWYW–. Foundations of botany. Botany; Botany. 342 FOXJNDATIONS OF BOTAST. Fig. 239. —Blade of Leaf of Sundew. (Somewhat magnified.) This growth completely surrounds the young, active tips of all the roots and the threads of the mykorhiza, as it is called, seem to do the work of root- hairs. 410. Carnivorous Plants. — In the ordinary pitcher-plants (Fig. 237) the leaf appears in the shape of a more or less hooded pitcher. These pitchers are usually partly filled with water, and in this water very many drowned and decaying insects are commonly to be found. The insects have flown or crawled into the p

. Lectures on the evolution of plants. Botany; Plants. 258 EVOLUTION OF PLANTS its upper surface. The peculiar digestive fluid which is present in both cases is probably a direct product of the plant itself, although it has been claimed that it is due to the presence of certain bacteria, which are present in large numbers. Whether the digestive process is due to the secretions of the plant itself, or to the activity of the bacteria, the products of digestion undoubtedly serve to supply the plant with nitrogenous food. The pitcher-plants. Nepenthes (Fig. 58, B), Sarracenia (Fig. 58, A), and Dar Stock Photo

RMPG1XRH–. Lectures on the evolution of plants. Botany; Plants. 258 EVOLUTION OF PLANTS its upper surface. The peculiar digestive fluid which is present in both cases is probably a direct product of the plant itself, although it has been claimed that it is due to the presence of certain bacteria, which are present in large numbers. Whether the digestive process is due to the secretions of the plant itself, or to the activity of the bacteria, the products of digestion undoubtedly serve to supply the plant with nitrogenous food. The pitcher-plants. Nepenthes (Fig. 58, B), Sarracenia (Fig. 58, A), and Dar

. Essentials of botany. Botany; Botany. 120 ESSENTIALS OF BOTANY '^s 140. Carnivorous Plants. — In the ordinary pitcher-plants (Fig. 83) the leaf appears in the shape of a more or less hooded pitcher. These pitchers are usually partly filled with water, and in this water very many drowned and decaying insects are commonly to be found. The insects have flown or crawled into the pitcher, and, once inside, have been unable to escape on account of the dense growth of bristly hairs about the mouth, all pointing inward and downward. How much the common American pitcher-plants depend for nourishment Stock Photo

RMRDWGC1–. Essentials of botany. Botany; Botany. 120 ESSENTIALS OF BOTANY '^s 140. Carnivorous Plants. — In the ordinary pitcher-plants (Fig. 83) the leaf appears in the shape of a more or less hooded pitcher. These pitchers are usually partly filled with water, and in this water very many drowned and decaying insects are commonly to be found. The insects have flown or crawled into the pitcher, and, once inside, have been unable to escape on account of the dense growth of bristly hairs about the mouth, all pointing inward and downward. How much the common American pitcher-plants depend for nourishment

. Elements of botany. Botany; Botany. 104 ELEMENTS OF BOTANY. (Eig. 90), by means of which the plant is enabled to climb. Occasionally a tendril takes the place of the whole leaf, and again tendrils occupy the place of stipules. The long petioles of some leaves aid the plant to climb by twining themselves about any convenient support, as is the case with the com- mon "nasturtium" (Tropseolum), Mg. 31. 130. Leaves as Insect Traps. — In the ordinary pitcher plants (Fig. 92), the leaf appears in the shape of a, more or. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page image Stock Photo

RMPG42CJ–. Elements of botany. Botany; Botany. 104 ELEMENTS OF BOTANY. (Eig. 90), by means of which the plant is enabled to climb. Occasionally a tendril takes the place of the whole leaf, and again tendrils occupy the place of stipules. The long petioles of some leaves aid the plant to climb by twining themselves about any convenient support, as is the case with the com- mon "nasturtium" (Tropseolum), Mg. 31. 130. Leaves as Insect Traps. — In the ordinary pitcher plants (Fig. 92), the leaf appears in the shape of a, more or. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page image

RMRDJGTF–. Plant life and plant uses; an elementary textbook, a foundation for the study of agriculture, domestic science or college botany. Botany. SPECIAL FORMS OF LEAVES 253 Pitcher plants are found, usually in swamps, both in the northern and southern United States. (See Figure go.) The southern pitcher plant produces a sweet liquid {nectar) at the mouth of the pitcher; it is quite similar to the nectar which at- tracts insects to flowers. If the insect goes beyond the mouth of the pitcher, it rarely if ever gets out again. Just beyond the rim there is a surface so smooth that even a fly slips on i

. Elements of botany. Botany; Botany. LEAVES OF PECULIAB POEMS AND USES. 105 How much the common American pitcher plants depend fpr nourishment on the drowned insects in the pitchers is not definitely known, but it is certain that some of the tropical species recLuire such food.^' In other rather common plants, the sundews, insects are caught by a sticky secretion which proceeds from hairs on the leaves. In one of the commonest sundews the leaves consist of a roundish blade, borne on a moderately long petiole. On the inner surface and round the margin of the blade (Fig. 93) are borne a conside Stock Photo

RMPG42C5–. Elements of botany. Botany; Botany. LEAVES OF PECULIAB POEMS AND USES. 105 How much the common American pitcher plants depend fpr nourishment on the drowned insects in the pitchers is not definitely known, but it is certain that some of the tropical species recLuire such food.^' In other rather common plants, the sundews, insects are caught by a sticky secretion which proceeds from hairs on the leaves. In one of the commonest sundews the leaves consist of a roundish blade, borne on a moderately long petiole. On the inner surface and round the margin of the blade (Fig. 93) are borne a conside

RMRDYE91–. Plant life and plant uses; an elementary textbook, a foundation for the study of agriculture, domestic science or college botany. Botany. SPECIAL FORMS OF LEAVES 253 Pitcher plants are found, usually in swamps, both in the northern and southern United States. (See Figure go.) The southern pitcher plant produces a sweet liquid (nectar) at the mouth of the pitcher; it is quite similar to the nectar which at- tracts insects to flowers. If the insect goes beyond the mouth of the pitcher, it rarely if ever gets out again. Just beyond the rim there is a surface so smooth that even a fly sHps on it

. Camera studies of wild birds in their homes . Birds; Photography of birds. 260. Fig. 222. Little Doumies can climb ivell too. ings, the field-lawn was gaily decked with moon-faced daisies and golden buttercups. On one side was a large swamp, its spagnum moss-covered floor studded here and there with the rosette-like pitcher plants with deep red flowers nodding on slender stalks above the half-filled leaf pitchers that lure and destroy many insects. The humming of the bees, as they bumbled about the spotted, orange cor- nucopias of the jewel weed, suspended from under the leaves of the rank-g Stock Photo

RMPFYNW2–. Camera studies of wild birds in their homes . Birds; Photography of birds. 260. Fig. 222. Little Doumies can climb ivell too. ings, the field-lawn was gaily decked with moon-faced daisies and golden buttercups. On one side was a large swamp, its spagnum moss-covered floor studded here and there with the rosette-like pitcher plants with deep red flowers nodding on slender stalks above the half-filled leaf pitchers that lure and destroy many insects. The humming of the bees, as they bumbled about the spotted, orange cor- nucopias of the jewel weed, suspended from under the leaves of the rank-g

. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. 304 MY GARDEN.. digious size. What may be the use of these pitchers, which at times are full of water, nobody can tell. The N. Rafflesiana (fig. 648) is another fine plant. They are difficult to grow, and must never be allowed to get dry, or they are sure to perish. It is a great treat to see Messrs. Veitch's collection of Pitcher plants, which is perhaps the finest in Europe. There is a grace of form about these plants, n addition to their strange incomprehensible stru Stock Photo

RMRDRA4B–. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. 304 MY GARDEN.. digious size. What may be the use of these pitchers, which at times are full of water, nobody can tell. The N. Rafflesiana (fig. 648) is another fine plant. They are difficult to grow, and must never be allowed to get dry, or they are sure to perish. It is a great treat to see Messrs. Veitch's collection of Pitcher plants, which is perhaps the finest in Europe. There is a grace of form about these plants, n addition to their strange incomprehensible stru

. The essentials of botany. Botany. 272 BOTANT. by it. After a time a leaf which has caught and digested an insect opens again and is ready for another. In this connection the student may profitably read Mr. Darwin's interesting book, " Insectivorous Plants," published in 1875. 648. A quite different class of insect-catching plants is. Fig. 149.—Common Pitcher-plant (Sarracenia purpurea), showing leaves and flower; one leaf cut across so as to show the cavity. Half natural size. represented by the Pitcher-plants of various kinds. In the Common Pitcher-plant, which grows in marshes in Stock Photo

RMPG40W1–. The essentials of botany. Botany. 272 BOTANT. by it. After a time a leaf which has caught and digested an insect opens again and is ready for another. In this connection the student may profitably read Mr. Darwin's interesting book, " Insectivorous Plants," published in 1875. 648. A quite different class of insect-catching plants is. Fig. 149.—Common Pitcher-plant (Sarracenia purpurea), showing leaves and flower; one leaf cut across so as to show the cavity. Half natural size. represented by the Pitcher-plants of various kinds. In the Common Pitcher-plant, which grows in marshes in

. Freaks and marvels of plant life; or, Curiosities of vegetation. Plant anatomy. PITCHER-PLANTS. "5 we have failed to discover, in the records of the investigations, any satisfactory evidence of the aggre- gation of protoplasm, which in other plants has afforded so strong an argument in favour of the absorption of animal matter. From all this, if the summary is a fair one, we are naturally led to con- clude that the pitchers of the pitcher-plants are traps to catch animals, as well as stomachs to digest them, and that there are sufficient grounds for including the species of Nepenthes am Stock Photo

RMRDXJD3–. Freaks and marvels of plant life; or, Curiosities of vegetation. Plant anatomy. PITCHER-PLANTS. "5 we have failed to discover, in the records of the investigations, any satisfactory evidence of the aggre- gation of protoplasm, which in other plants has afforded so strong an argument in favour of the absorption of animal matter. From all this, if the summary is a fair one, we are naturally led to con- clude that the pitchers of the pitcher-plants are traps to catch animals, as well as stomachs to digest them, and that there are sufficient grounds for including the species of Nepenthes am

. Handbook of flower pollination : based upon Hermann Mu?ller's work 'The fertilisation of flowers by insects' . Fertilization of plants. 74 INTRODUCTION. inflorescence bears a number of pitcher-shaped nectaries, with their openings turned towards the flowers. The fluid contained in these receptacles is sought out by insects, which in their turn attract numerous insectivorous birds, many species of humming-bird being among them. These touch with their backs the pendulous anthers, brush off the pollen, and transfer it to the stigma when they visit another flower (cf. Fig. lo). Another interesti Stock Photo

RMPG298E–. Handbook of flower pollination : based upon Hermann Mu?ller's work 'The fertilisation of flowers by insects' . Fertilization of plants. 74 INTRODUCTION. inflorescence bears a number of pitcher-shaped nectaries, with their openings turned towards the flowers. The fluid contained in these receptacles is sought out by insects, which in their turn attract numerous insectivorous birds, many species of humming-bird being among them. These touch with their backs the pendulous anthers, brush off the pollen, and transfer it to the stigma when they visit another flower (cf. Fig. lo). Another interesti

RMRDD08D–. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. DARLINGTONIA DASYLIRION 4.57 pitcher plants. There is only one species in this genus. The plant was first collected near Mt. Shasta by the Wilkes Exploring Expedition. Indians attacked the party, and as the explorers retreated to their camp W. D. Brackenridge grabbed something, which turned out to be fragments

. The natural history of plants. Botany. 128 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. Bupleurum rotundifolium.. Fig. 132. Portion of inflorescence. Bupleurum plantaginifoUum, the two Americas. Hohenackeria, ordinarily placed near Bupleurum, consists of low annual.herbs from the Mediterranean and Caucasian regions, with simple linear and entire leaves, and capituliform inflorescences situated at the base of the stem. The fruit is in the form of a pitcher, sur- mounted by a receptacular neck which supports a calyx with simple or double spinescent sepals. The fruit as a whole is compressed perpendicular to the Stock Photo

RMPG1W9B–. The natural history of plants. Botany. 128 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. Bupleurum rotundifolium.. Fig. 132. Portion of inflorescence. Bupleurum plantaginifoUum, the two Americas. Hohenackeria, ordinarily placed near Bupleurum, consists of low annual.herbs from the Mediterranean and Caucasian regions, with simple linear and entire leaves, and capituliform inflorescences situated at the base of the stem. The fruit is in the form of a pitcher, sur- mounted by a receptacular neck which supports a calyx with simple or double spinescent sepals. The fruit as a whole is compressed perpendicular to the

. Botany, with agricultural applications. Botany. USES OF THE PHOTOSYNTHETIC FOOD 273 to catching insects. Plants with such leaves are often called "carnivorous plants " or "insectivorous plants." The "Pitcher Plants " are so named because the leaves form tubes or urns of various forms, which contain water, and to these pitchers insects are attracted and then drowned. (Fig. 245.) The plants known as "Sundews" have their leaves spread on the ground and clothed with secreting hairs. {Fig. 2Jfi.) These secre- tions not only entangle in- sects but digest the Stock Photo

RMRDWDN2–. Botany, with agricultural applications. Botany. USES OF THE PHOTOSYNTHETIC FOOD 273 to catching insects. Plants with such leaves are often called "carnivorous plants " or "insectivorous plants." The "Pitcher Plants " are so named because the leaves form tubes or urns of various forms, which contain water, and to these pitchers insects are attracted and then drowned. (Fig. 245.) The plants known as "Sundews" have their leaves spread on the ground and clothed with secreting hairs. {Fig. 2Jfi.) These secre- tions not only entangle in- sects but digest the

. The natural history of plants. Botany. Fig. 132. Portion of inflorescence. Bupleurum plantaginifoUum, the two Americas. Hohenackeria, ordinarily placed near Bupleurum, consists of low annual.herbs from the Mediterranean and Caucasian regions, with simple linear and entire leaves, and capituliform inflorescences situated at the base of the stem. The fruit is in the form of a pitcher, sur- mounted by a receptacular neck which supports a calyx with simple or double spinescent sepals. The fruit as a whole is compressed perpendicular to the parti- tion and is surrounded by hard flattened primary Stock Photo

RMPG1W96–. The natural history of plants. Botany. Fig. 132. Portion of inflorescence. Bupleurum plantaginifoUum, the two Americas. Hohenackeria, ordinarily placed near Bupleurum, consists of low annual.herbs from the Mediterranean and Caucasian regions, with simple linear and entire leaves, and capituliform inflorescences situated at the base of the stem. The fruit is in the form of a pitcher, sur- mounted by a receptacular neck which supports a calyx with simple or double spinescent sepals. The fruit as a whole is compressed perpendicular to the parti- tion and is surrounded by hard flattened primary

RMRDGE61–. Lectures on the evolution of plants. Botany; Plants. 258 EVOLUTION OF PLANTS its upper surface. The peculiar digestive fluid which is present in both cases is probably a direct product of the plant itself, although it has been claimed that it is due to the presence of certain bacteria, which are present in large numbers. Whether the digestive process is due to the secretions of the plant itself, or to the activity of the bacteria, the products of digestion undoubtedly serve to supply the plant with nitrogenous food. The pitcher-plants. Nepenthes (Fig. 58, B), Sarracenia (Fig. 58, A), and Dar

. Botany for young people : Part II. How plants behave ; how they move, climb, employ insects to work for them, & c. Botany. 42 HOW CERTAIN PLANTS CAPTURE INSECTS. narrow, that they are popularly named Trumpets. In these pitchers or tubes water is generally found, sometimes caught from rain, but in other cases evi- dently furnished by the plant, the pitcher being so constructed that water can- not rain in : this water abounds with drowned insects, commonly in all stages of decay. One would suppose that insects which have crawled into the pitcher might as readily crawl out; but they do not, Stock Photo

RMPG3TDB–. Botany for young people : Part II. How plants behave ; how they move, climb, employ insects to work for them, & c. Botany. 42 HOW CERTAIN PLANTS CAPTURE INSECTS. narrow, that they are popularly named Trumpets. In these pitchers or tubes water is generally found, sometimes caught from rain, but in other cases evi- dently furnished by the plant, the pitcher being so constructed that water can- not rain in : this water abounds with drowned insects, commonly in all stages of decay. One would suppose that insects which have crawled into the pitcher might as readily crawl out; but they do not,

. Botany, with agricultural applications. Botany. 132 CELLS AND TISSUES which spread into the soil where they take up water by means of osmosis, are the chief absorptive structures. {Fig. 119.) There are some plants, however, which live on other plants, in which ease the root tissues absorb directly from the tissues with which they are in contact. In some cases the leaves absorb, as in the Sundew (Drosera), Venus's Flytrap (Dioncea muscipula), and Pitcher Plants (Sarracenia), where the leaves are especially constructed for catching and absorbing insects. Food-making Tissues. — The principal fo Stock Photo

RMRDWEJT–. Botany, with agricultural applications. Botany. 132 CELLS AND TISSUES which spread into the soil where they take up water by means of osmosis, are the chief absorptive structures. {Fig. 119.) There are some plants, however, which live on other plants, in which ease the root tissues absorb directly from the tissues with which they are in contact. In some cases the leaves absorb, as in the Sundew (Drosera), Venus's Flytrap (Dioncea muscipula), and Pitcher Plants (Sarracenia), where the leaves are especially constructed for catching and absorbing insects. Food-making Tissues. — The principal fo

. Fresh-water aquaria: their construction, arrangement, and management, with full information as to the best water-plants and live stock to be kept, how and where to obtain them, and how to keep them in health. Aquariums. 46 PEBSH-WATEE AQUAEIA. 1. Pour it very slowly and carefully, by means of a slender- spouted can, against the sides of the tank. 2. Place a jug in the centre of the aquarium, taking care that it does not stand on any plant, and pour the water gently into it until the tank is fuU; then remove the pitcher without emptying it. 3. Put the aquarium, if not too large, tmder a &quot Stock Photo

RMPG4A9X–. Fresh-water aquaria: their construction, arrangement, and management, with full information as to the best water-plants and live stock to be kept, how and where to obtain them, and how to keep them in health. Aquariums. 46 PEBSH-WATEE AQUAEIA. 1. Pour it very slowly and carefully, by means of a slender- spouted can, against the sides of the tank. 2. Place a jug in the centre of the aquarium, taking care that it does not stand on any plant, and pour the water gently into it until the tank is fuU; then remove the pitcher without emptying it. 3. Put the aquarium, if not too large, tmder a &quot

RMRDTPM5–. Lectures on the evolution of plants. Botany; Plants. 258 EVOLUTION OF PLANTS its upper surface. The peculiar digestive fluid which is present in both cases is probably a direct product of the plant itself, although it has been claimed that it is due to the presence of certain bacteria, which are present in large numbers. Whether the digestive process is due to the secretions of the plant itself, or to the activity of the bacteria, the products of digestion undoubtedly serve to supply the plant ^ ^;, -,- -^i^r-. with nitrogenous food. The pitcher-plants. Nepenthes (Fig. 58, B), Sarracenia (Fi

. Class-book of botany : being outlines of the structure, physiology, and classification of plants ; with a flora of the United States and Canada . Botany; Botany; Botany. TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE LEAF. 66 309. Nepenthes. The greenhouse pitoher-plant ia a native of the Bast Indies. Its proper leaves are sessile and lanceolate. The midvein extends beyond the apex like a tendril, to the length of six or eight inches. The extremity of this tendril is inflated into a hollow vessel, similar to a pitcher, and usually contains about half a pint of pure water. It is furnished with a leafy lid connected Stock Photo

RMPG2EX2–. Class-book of botany : being outlines of the structure, physiology, and classification of plants ; with a flora of the United States and Canada . Botany; Botany; Botany. TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE LEAF. 66 309. Nepenthes. The greenhouse pitoher-plant ia a native of the Bast Indies. Its proper leaves are sessile and lanceolate. The midvein extends beyond the apex like a tendril, to the length of six or eight inches. The extremity of this tendril is inflated into a hollow vessel, similar to a pitcher, and usually contains about half a pint of pure water. It is furnished with a leafy lid connected

RMRDC1HH–. Botany for agricultural students . Botany. USES OF THE PHOTOSYNTHETIC FOOD 273 to catching insects. Plants with such leaves are often called "carnivorous plants " or "insectivorous plants." The "Pitcher Plants " are so named because the leaves form tubes of urns of various forms, which contain water, and to these pitchers insects are attracted and then drowned. {Fig. 245.) The plants known as " Sundews" have their leaves spread on the ground and clothed with secreting hairs. {Fig. 2Jfi.) These secre- tions not only entangle in- sects but digest them. I

RMPG01H2–. Botany for young people : Part II. How plants behave ; how they move, climb, employ insects to work for them, & c. Botany. 42 HOW CERTAIN PLANTS CAPTURE INSECTS. narrow, that they are popularly named Tricmjjets. In these pitchers or tubes water is generally found, sometimes caught from rain, but in other cases evi- dently furnished by the plant, the pitcher being so constructed that water can- not rain in : this water abounds with drowned insects, commonly in all stages of decay. One would suppose that insects which have crawled into the pitcher might as readily crawl out; but they do no

. Freaks and marvels of plant life; or, Curiosities of vegetation. Plant anatomy. PITCHER-PLANTS. examined two different classes of glands. Had they both really seen the same glands, it is difficult to conceive how they could have arrived at such oppo- site conclusions. From analogy, as well as probability, the presumption is certainly most strongly in favour of glands at the orifice secreting a sweet, attractive, rather than a digestive fluid. The form of the glands in the pitchers has been detailed by Mr. Gilburt, as seen in one species, and this applies pretty generally to all. "All th Stock Photo

RMRDXJD9–. Freaks and marvels of plant life; or, Curiosities of vegetation. Plant anatomy. PITCHER-PLANTS. examined two different classes of glands. Had they both really seen the same glands, it is difficult to conceive how they could have arrived at such oppo- site conclusions. From analogy, as well as probability, the presumption is certainly most strongly in favour of glands at the orifice secreting a sweet, attractive, rather than a digestive fluid. The form of the glands in the pitchers has been detailed by Mr. Gilburt, as seen in one species, and this applies pretty generally to all. "All th

. Heredity and evolution in plants. Heredity; Plants. EXPERIMENTAL EVOLUTION 113 not by the prolonged selection of fluctuating variations, but at one step—^in one generation—as "sports" of the wild Brassica oleracea. Strawberry plants without run- ners, green dahlias and green roses, the common seedless bananas of the markets, the Shirley poppies, pitcher- leaved ash trees, Pierson's variety of the Boston fern.. Fig. 58.—Clover leaves with three to nine leaflets, illustrating a tend- ency to mutate. The normal clover leaf is a pinnately compound leaf with three leaflets. Plants with Stock Photo

RMPG2REW–. Heredity and evolution in plants. Heredity; Plants. EXPERIMENTAL EVOLUTION 113 not by the prolonged selection of fluctuating variations, but at one step—^in one generation—as "sports" of the wild Brassica oleracea. Strawberry plants without run- ners, green dahlias and green roses, the common seedless bananas of the markets, the Shirley poppies, pitcher- leaved ash trees, Pierson's variety of the Boston fern.. Fig. 58.—Clover leaves with three to nine leaflets, illustrating a tend- ency to mutate. The normal clover leaf is a pinnately compound leaf with three leaflets. Plants with

RMRDDWYP–. Botany for agricultural students . Botany. 132 CELLS AND TISSUES which spread into the soil where they take up water by means of osmosis, are the chief absorptive structures. [Fig. 119.) There are some plants, however, which live on other plants, in which case the root tissues absorb directly from the tissues with which they are in contact. In some cases the leaves absorb, as in the Sundew (Drosera), Venus's Flytrap {Dioncea muscipula), and Pitcher Plants (Sarracenia), where the eaves are especially constructed for catching and absorbing insects. Food-making Tissues. â The principal food-mak

. Physiological botany; I. Outlines of the histology of phænogamous plants. II. Vegetable physiology. Plant physiology; Plant anatomy. 1 Schimper: Botanlsche Zeitung, 1882, p. 225. ^ Transactions of the Linnaean Sociuty, xii., 1818, p. 48. Fig. 158. Pitcher-leaves of Sarracenia purpurea; one lias the upper part cut away. Fig. 159. PitcLer of Sarracenia variolaris. Fig. 160. Pitcher of Sarracenia psltiaciua.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfec Stock Photo

RMPG3M2H–. Physiological botany; I. Outlines of the histology of phænogamous plants. II. Vegetable physiology. Plant physiology; Plant anatomy. 1 Schimper: Botanlsche Zeitung, 1882, p. 225. ^ Transactions of the Linnaean Sociuty, xii., 1818, p. 48. Fig. 158. Pitcher-leaves of Sarracenia purpurea; one lias the upper part cut away. Fig. 159. PitcLer of Sarracenia variolaris. Fig. 160. Pitcher of Sarracenia psltiaciua.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfec

. College botany; structure, physiology and economics of plants. Botany. LEAVES 75 (d) Leaves are frequently developed for climbing, as in the case of the pea and most vetches (Fig. 56). (e) Leaves are sometimes modified into traps for the catch-. FlG. 56.—Leaves developed for climbing. ing of insects, as in the case of the pitcher plants, the Venus fly-trap and the sundevs^ (Fig. 57). Arrangement of Leaves.—The arrangement of the leaves on the stem is also an important characteristic. They may be alter- nate, opposite, whorled or clustered. They may be arranged on the stem in two, three, five Stock Photo

RMRE1P2C–. College botany; structure, physiology and economics of plants. Botany. LEAVES 75 (d) Leaves are frequently developed for climbing, as in the case of the pea and most vetches (Fig. 56). (e) Leaves are sometimes modified into traps for the catch-. FlG. 56.—Leaves developed for climbing. ing of insects, as in the case of the pitcher plants, the Venus fly-trap and the sundevs^ (Fig. 57). Arrangement of Leaves.—The arrangement of the leaves on the stem is also an important characteristic. They may be alter- nate, opposite, whorled or clustered. They may be arranged on the stem in two, three, five

. Analytical class-book of botany : designed for academies and private students. Plants. 108 OEDEE IX. SAEEACENIACEjE. OEDEE XVI. DEOSEEACEiE. Oeder IX.—Sarraceniacese. Perennial, acaulescent herbs, growing in bogs. Leaves pitcher-shaped, as in fig. 9, Plate XVII. Flowers large, solitary, nodding. Sepals 6, persistent, with 3 bracts at base. Petals 6. Stamens indefinite, hypogynous. Anthers adnate, introrse. Style single. Stigma large, petaloid, persistent, coTering the 5- celled, 5-valved ovary. Placentae central. Seeds numerous, minute. A. email and very curious order, confined to the swamps Stock Photo

RMPG0B47–. Analytical class-book of botany : designed for academies and private students. Plants. 108 OEDEE IX. SAEEACENIACEjE. OEDEE XVI. DEOSEEACEiE. Oeder IX.—Sarraceniacese. Perennial, acaulescent herbs, growing in bogs. Leaves pitcher-shaped, as in fig. 9, Plate XVII. Flowers large, solitary, nodding. Sepals 6, persistent, with 3 bracts at base. Petals 6. Stamens indefinite, hypogynous. Anthers adnate, introrse. Style single. Stigma large, petaloid, persistent, coTering the 5- celled, 5-valved ovary. Placentae central. Seeds numerous, minute. A. email and very curious order, confined to the swamps

. A practical course in botany, with especial reference to its bearings on agriculture, economics, and sanitation. Botany. THE LEAF 191 becomes the aggressor, and instead of standing on the defen- sive or suffering itself to be quietly devoured, proceeds to capture and devour small game on its own account, and in this case, the leaf sometimes becomes a deadly weapon of destruction. 209. Pitcher plants. — The sarracenia, or trumpet leaf, is a familiar example of this class. The lower part of the leaf blade is transformed into a hollow vessel for holding water, and the top . is rounded into a br Stock Photo

RMRE39NF–. A practical course in botany, with especial reference to its bearings on agriculture, economics, and sanitation. Botany. THE LEAF 191 becomes the aggressor, and instead of standing on the defen- sive or suffering itself to be quietly devoured, proceeds to capture and devour small game on its own account, and in this case, the leaf sometimes becomes a deadly weapon of destruction. 209. Pitcher plants. — The sarracenia, or trumpet leaf, is a familiar example of this class. The lower part of the leaf blade is transformed into a hollow vessel for holding water, and the top . is rounded into a br

. Botany for young people : Part II. How plants behave ; how they move, climb, employ insects to work for them, & c. Botany. HOW PLANTS CLIMB. 15. into a slender hook, for laying hold of anything within reach. In Nepenthes (a climbing sort of Pitcher-plant, shown on the right-hand side of the vignette title, and one leaf in Fig. 5, on a larger scale), the tip of the blade grows out into a tendril which acts just as does the leafstalk of Fig. 4 and of the other leaf-climbers; at the end of this a pitcher, with a lid to it, is generally formed. Of this more is to be said hereafter.' In that Stock Photo

RMPG3TF4–. Botany for young people : Part II. How plants behave ; how they move, climb, employ insects to work for them, & c. Botany. HOW PLANTS CLIMB. 15. into a slender hook, for laying hold of anything within reach. In Nepenthes (a climbing sort of Pitcher-plant, shown on the right-hand side of the vignette title, and one leaf in Fig. 5, on a larger scale), the tip of the blade grows out into a tendril which acts just as does the leafstalk of Fig. 4 and of the other leaf-climbers; at the end of this a pitcher, with a lid to it, is generally formed. Of this more is to be said hereafter.' In that

RMRDHHHW–. Elements of botany. Botany; Botany. 104 ELEMENTS OF BOTANY. (Eig. 90), by means of which the plant is enabled to climb. Occasionally a tendril takes the place of the whole leaf, and again tendrils occupy the place of stipules. The long petioles of some leaves aid the plant to climb by twining themselves about any convenient support, as is the case with the com- mon "nasturtium" (Tropseolum), Mg. 31. 130. Leaves as Insect Traps. — In the ordinary pitcher plants (Fig. 92), the leaf appears in the shape of a, more or. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page image

RMPG01K7–. Botany for young people : Part II. How plants behave ; how they move, climb, employ insects to work for them, & c. Botany. HOW PLANTS CLIMB. 15. into a slender hook, for laying hold of anything within reach. In Nepenthes (a climbing sort of Pitcher-plant, shown on the right-hand side of the vignette title, and one leaf in Fig. 5, on a larger scale), the tip of the — blade grows out into a tendril which acts just as does the leafstalk of Fig. 4 and of the other leaf-climbers; at the end of this a pitcher, with a lid to it, is generally formed. Of this more is to be said hereafter. In that

. Elements of botany. Botany; Botany. LEAVES OF PECULIAR FORMS AND USES. 105 How much the common American pitcher plants depend for nourishment on the drowned insects in the pitchers is not definitely known, but it is certain that some of the tropical species require such food.^ In other rather common plants, the sundews, insects are caught by a sticky secretion which proceeds from hairs on the leaves. In one of the commonest sundews the leaves consist of a roundish blade, borne on a moderately long petiole. On the inner surface and round the margin of the blade (Fig. 93) are borne a considera Stock Photo

RMRDWRDE–. Elements of botany. Botany; Botany. LEAVES OF PECULIAR FORMS AND USES. 105 How much the common American pitcher plants depend for nourishment on the drowned insects in the pitchers is not definitely known, but it is certain that some of the tropical species require such food.^ In other rather common plants, the sundews, insects are caught by a sticky secretion which proceeds from hairs on the leaves. In one of the commonest sundews the leaves consist of a roundish blade, borne on a moderately long petiole. On the inner surface and round the margin of the blade (Fig. 93) are borne a considera

. The floral kingdom : its history, sentiment and poetry : A dictionary of more than three hundred plants, with the genera and families to which they belong, and the language of each illustrated with appropriate gems to poetry . Flower language; Flowers in literature. Sarrattnia pstttadna. Natural Order: SarraceniacccE—Pitcher Plant Family. ijARRACENIA, so named in honor of Dr. Sarrasin, of Quebec, IS found in low, wet situations in warm latitudes, and is remark- I .ible for the peculiar construction of the leaves, which. are not '' flat, as in most other foliage, but are like hollow tubes, ta Stock Photo

RMPG2N8X–. The floral kingdom : its history, sentiment and poetry : A dictionary of more than three hundred plants, with the genera and families to which they belong, and the language of each illustrated with appropriate gems to poetry . Flower language; Flowers in literature. Sarrattnia pstttadna. Natural Order: SarraceniacccE—Pitcher Plant Family. ijARRACENIA, so named in honor of Dr. Sarrasin, of Quebec, IS found in low, wet situations in warm latitudes, and is remark- I .ible for the peculiar construction of the leaves, which. are not '' flat, as in most other foliage, but are like hollow tubes, ta

$. South African botany. Botany. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 147 the purpose of entrapping insects.. Nepenthes, Sarra- cenia, and Cephalotus are Pitcher-plants, in which the. Fig. .79.—^Venus's Ply-trap {DioiKea muscipula). whole or part of the leaf is modified to form a trap- like receptacle with a lid, which is brightly coloured, 10*. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Storey, Francis W; Wright, K. London, New York, Long Stock Photo$

RMRE1K6G–. South African botany. Botany. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 147 the purpose of entrapping insects.. Nepenthes, Sarra- cenia, and Cephalotus are Pitcher-plants, in which the. Fig. .79.—^Venus's Ply-trap {DioiKea muscipula). whole or part of the leaf is modified to form a trap- like receptacle with a lid, which is brightly coloured, 10*. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Storey, Francis W; Wright, K. London, New York, Long

RMPG2NB7–. The floral kingdom : its history, sentiment and poetry : A dictionary of more than three hundred plants, with the genera and families to which they belong, and the language of each illustrated with appropriate gems to poetry . Flower language; Flowers in literature. <3Sf%^ ff. Sarrattnia pstttadna. Natural Order: SarraceniacccE—Pitcher Plant Family. ijARRACENIA, so named in honor of Dr. Sarrasin, of Quebec, IS found in low, wet situations in warm latitudes, and is remark- I .ible for the peculiar construction of the leaves, which. are not '' flat, as in most other foliage, but are like ho

. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. 678 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. for their full development. They succeed either planted out or in pots or tubs, and are propagated by suckers. These, after being detached from the parent plants, should be grown on in rich loam and freely supplied with weak, clear manure- water when in full growth. M. Cavendishii (Fig. 442) is the sort mostly grown, but if more variety is desired, M. coccined, M. sapi- entum vittata, and M. superba may be added.. Nepenthes.— The Pitcher Plants form one of the most interesting .and at- trac Stock Photo

RMRDXF5B–. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. 678 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. for their full development. They succeed either planted out or in pots or tubs, and are propagated by suckers. These, after being detached from the parent plants, should be grown on in rich loam and freely supplied with weak, clear manure- water when in full growth. M. Cavendishii (Fig. 442) is the sort mostly grown, but if more variety is desired, M. coccined, M. sapi- entum vittata, and M. superba may be added.. Nepenthes.— The Pitcher Plants form one of the most interesting .and at- trac

$. Analytical class-book of botany : designed for academies and private students. Plants. Plate XXIX. REMAKE ABLE PLANTS, 95. 15 11 10 12 In fig, 7 is seen the Pitcher-plant of the E^t {N'epenthes), while at fig. 8 is one of theÂ»pitcberB enlarged, with the lid thrown back. Fig. 2 represents Venus' Fly-trap (51C), with two of the leaves closed, while a third is open at a, showing tho irritable points between its lobes, which, on being disturbed by an insect, spring together and imprison it. At fig. 15 is a very delicate drawing of tlip Sii^r.ir-Cano (Ariiyidn), and at fl?. 16 two Starch-cells a Stock Photo$

RMPG0B4W–. Analytical class-book of botany : designed for academies and private students. Plants. Plate XXIX. REMAKE ABLE PLANTS, 95. 15 11 10 12 In fig, 7 is seen the Pitcher-plant of the E^t {N'epenthes), while at fig. 8 is one of theÂ»pitcberB enlarged, with the lid thrown back. Fig. 2 represents Venus' Fly-trap (51C), with two of the leaves closed, while a third is open at a, showing tho irritable points between its lobes, which, on being disturbed by an insect, spring together and imprison it. At fig. 15 is a very delicate drawing of tlip Sii^r.ir-Cano (Ariiyidn), and at fl?. 16 two Starch-cells a

. Elements of botany. Botany; Botany. 104 ELEMENTS OP BOTANY. (Fig. 90), by means of which the plant is enabled to climb. Occasionally a tendril takes the place of the whole leaf, and again tendrils occupy the place of stipules. The long petioles of some leaves aid the plant to climb by twining themselves about any convenient support, as is the case with the com- mon "nasturtium" (Tropseolum), Fig. 31. 130. Leaves as Insect Traps. — In the ordinary pitcher plants (Fig. 92), the leaf appears in the shape of a more or. Fig. 92. —Common Pitcher Plant.i At tlie right one of the pitclier- Stock Photo

RMRDWREF–. Elements of botany. Botany; Botany. 104 ELEMENTS OP BOTANY. (Fig. 90), by means of which the plant is enabled to climb. Occasionally a tendril takes the place of the whole leaf, and again tendrils occupy the place of stipules. The long petioles of some leaves aid the plant to climb by twining themselves about any convenient support, as is the case with the com- mon "nasturtium" (Tropseolum), Fig. 31. 130. Leaves as Insect Traps. — In the ordinary pitcher plants (Fig. 92), the leaf appears in the shape of a more or. Fig. 92. —Common Pitcher Plant.i At tlie right one of the pitclier-

. The insect book [microform] : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Insectes; Insects. The Flesh-Plica larvae found feeding upon dead insects in the pitchers of the common pitcher plants and which is often reared from dead in- sects and from excrement. It is rather a rapid breeder and a. Fig. 92.âSarcopliaga sarracunix. (Author's tllustraiion. 1 generation will be developed in ten days in the summer time. Among the commonest of the f Stock Photo

RMREN21M–. The insect book [microform] : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Insectes; Insects. The Flesh-Plica larvae found feeding upon dead insects in the pitchers of the common pitcher plants and which is often reared from dead in- sects and from excrement. It is rather a rapid breeder and a. Fig. 92.âSarcopliaga sarracunix. (Author's tllustraiion. 1 generation will be developed in ten days in the summer time. Among the commonest of the f

RMRDHH1Y–. Elements of botany. Botany; Botany. LEAVES OF PECULIAB POEMS AND USES. 105 How much the common American pitcher plants depend fpr nourishment on the drowned insects in the pitchers is not definitely known, but it is certain that some of the tropical species recLuire such food.^' In other rather common plants, the sundews, insects are caught by a sticky secretion which proceeds from hairs on the leaves. In one of the commonest sundews the leaves consist of a roundish blade, borne on a moderately long petiole. On the inner surface and round the margin of the blade (Fig. 93) are borne a conside

. A manual of botany. Botany. 92 MANUAL OF BOTANY (figs. 84 and 185), as in certain species of Lathyrus, and many other Leguminosje. 2nd. The petiole may become cirrhose, as in Lathyrus Aphaca (fig. 186, v). 3rd. The stipules may assume the form of tendrils; thus in many species of 87iulax there are two tendrils, one on each side of the base of the petiole (fig. 187), in place of the ordinary stipules. Ascidia or Pitchers.—These are the most remarkable of all the anomalous forms presented by leaves. They may be seen in the species of Nepenthes or Pitcher-plants (fig- 188), in the species of Sa Stock Photo

RMRE1KNF–. A manual of botany. Botany. 92 MANUAL OF BOTANY (figs. 84 and 185), as in certain species of Lathyrus, and many other Leguminosje. 2nd. The petiole may become cirrhose, as in Lathyrus Aphaca (fig. 186, v). 3rd. The stipules may assume the form of tendrils; thus in many species of 87iulax there are two tendrils, one on each side of the base of the petiole (fig. 187), in place of the ordinary stipules. Ascidia or Pitchers.—These are the most remarkable of all the anomalous forms presented by leaves. They may be seen in the species of Nepenthes or Pitcher-plants (fig- 188), in the species of Sa

. Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory, vol. 11. Botany; Botany. be found lay 10 miles south of Milieu and thus fully 50 miles south of Au- gusta. Several rooted clumjjs were col- lected, packed in wet moss, carried with us until we could find a state inspector and get them certified as pest-free, and then shipped home. Some of these were planted outdoors in a wild-life preserve controlled by Mr. Burk in southern New Jersey, where they have survived the first winter, at least. The remainder were held in a cool greenhouse, and bloomed freely during early spring. Pitcher-plants were, howe Stock Photo

RMRE9MYX–. Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory, vol. 11. Botany; Botany. be found lay 10 miles south of Milieu and thus fully 50 miles south of Au- gusta. Several rooted clumjjs were col- lected, packed in wet moss, carried with us until we could find a state inspector and get them certified as pest-free, and then shipped home. Some of these were planted outdoors in a wild-life preserve controlled by Mr. Burk in southern New Jersey, where they have survived the first winter, at least. The remainder were held in a cool greenhouse, and bloomed freely during early spring. Pitcher-plants were, howe

. The essentials of botany. Botany. 272 BOTANY. by it. After a time a leaf which has caught and digested an insect opens again and is ready for another. In this connection the student may profitably read Mr. Darwin's interesting book, " Insectivorous Plants," published in 1875. 548. A quite different class of insect-catching plants is. Fia. 149.—Common Pitcher-plant (Sarracenia purpurea), showing leaves and flower; one leaf cut across so as to show the cavity. Half natural size. represented by the Pitcher-plants of various kinds. In the Common Pitcher-plant, which grows in marshes in Stock Photo

RMRDWBFB–. The essentials of botany. Botany. 272 BOTANY. by it. After a time a leaf which has caught and digested an insect opens again and is ready for another. In this connection the student may profitably read Mr. Darwin's interesting book, " Insectivorous Plants," published in 1875. 548. A quite different class of insect-catching plants is. Fia. 149.—Common Pitcher-plant (Sarracenia purpurea), showing leaves and flower; one leaf cut across so as to show the cavity. Half natural size. represented by the Pitcher-plants of various kinds. In the Common Pitcher-plant, which grows in marshes in

RMRDDWK9–. Camera studies of wild birds in their homes . Birds; Photography of birds. 260. Fig. 222. Little Doumies can climb ivell too. ings, the field-lawn was gaily decked with moon-faced daisies and golden buttercups. On one side was a large swamp, its spagnum moss-covered floor studded here and there with the rosette-like pitcher plants with deep red flowers nodding on slender stalks above the half-filled leaf pitchers that lure and destroy many insects. The humming of the bees, as they bumbled about the spotted, orange cor- nucopias of the jewel weed, suspended from under the leaves of the rank-g

RMRDHF0A–. The essentials of botany. Botany. 272 BOTANT. by it. After a time a leaf which has caught and digested an insect opens again and is ready for another. In this connection the student may profitably read Mr. Darwin's interesting book, " Insectivorous Plants," published in 1875. 648. A quite different class of insect-catching plants is. Fig. 149.—Common Pitcher-plant (Sarracenia purpurea), showing leaves and flower; one leaf cut across so as to show the cavity. Half natural size. represented by the Pitcher-plants of various kinds. In the Common Pitcher-plant, which grows in marshes in

. Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory, vol. 11. Botany; Botany. be found lay 10 miles south of Millen and thus fully 50 miles south of Au- gusta. Several rooted clumps were col- lected, packed in wet moss, carried with us until we could find a state inspector and get them certified as pest-free, and then shipped home. Some of these were planted outdoors in a wild-life preserve controlled by Mr. Burk in southern New Jersey, where they have survived the first winter, at least. The remainder w^ere held in a cool greenhouse, and bloomed freely during early spring. Pitcher-plants were, howe Stock Photo

RMRE9N02–. Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory, vol. 11. Botany; Botany. be found lay 10 miles south of Millen and thus fully 50 miles south of Au- gusta. Several rooted clumps were col- lected, packed in wet moss, carried with us until we could find a state inspector and get them certified as pest-free, and then shipped home. Some of these were planted outdoors in a wild-life preserve controlled by Mr. Burk in southern New Jersey, where they have survived the first winter, at least. The remainder w^ere held in a cool greenhouse, and bloomed freely during early spring. Pitcher-plants were, howe

. The human side of plants. wildmorning-glory is in America; small shrubs, trees,and bushes are covered with their variegated andvariously shaped pitchers. Some look like smalltrumpets, others are like dwarfed gourds; but allseem diabolically planned death-traps! Of all plants which have the insect-eating habit,perhaps none is more unusual than the JDarling-tonia. It is unquestionably the most beautiful ofthe pitcher family, yet it is the least known. Thismay be accounted for by the fact that it growshigh in the mountains, and is exceedingly rare. Inthe swampy marsh-lands of Mount Shasta, Cali Stock Photo

RM2CEN2YN–. The human side of plants. wildmorning-glory is in America; small shrubs, trees,and bushes are covered with their variegated andvariously shaped pitchers. Some look like smalltrumpets, others are like dwarfed gourds; but allseem diabolically planned death-traps! Of all plants which have the insect-eating habit,perhaps none is more unusual than the JDarling-tonia. It is unquestionably the most beautiful ofthe pitcher family, yet it is the least known. Thismay be accounted for by the fact that it growshigh in the mountains, and is exceedingly rare. Inthe swampy marsh-lands of Mount Shasta, Cali

. The human side of plants. PITCHER-PI.yVNT, Sarracenia purpurea.Tlie pitther-sliaped leaves form traps to catch the insects which this plant devours.. MfJCCASI X-FI.r)VP:R, r,ipi-if,i-<Jiinii araiilf.Insects have small cliaiire to esca])e wh.-n <mcr caufrht witliin tljese l)lo,ssoms. PLANTS THAT EAT INSECTS 19 These orchids are not considered insect eaters, hutthey undoubtedly draw a certain amount of nour-ishment from the decayed bodies of their insect-prey. The habits of the carnivorous plants are suchthat it is not unreasonable to suppose that it ismerely a matter of proportion that Stock Photo

RM2CEN2RE–. The human side of plants. PITCHER-PI.yVNT, Sarracenia purpurea.Tlie pitther-sliaped leaves form traps to catch the insects which this plant devours.. MfJCCASI X-FI.r)VP:R, r,ipi-if,i-<Jiinii araiilf.Insects have small cliaiire to esca])e wh.-n <mcr caufrht witliin tljese l)lo,ssoms. PLANTS THAT EAT INSECTS 19 These orchids are not considered insect eaters, hutthey undoubtedly draw a certain amount of nour-ishment from the decayed bodies of their insect-prey. The habits of the carnivorous plants are suchthat it is not unreasonable to suppose that it ismerely a matter of proportion that

RMRDEHCX–. Analytical class-book of botany : designed for academies and private students. Plants. 108 OEDEE IX. SAEEACENIACEjE. OEDEE XVI. DEOSEEACEiE. Oeder IX.—Sarraceniacese. Perennial, acaulescent herbs, growing in bogs. Leaves pitcher-shaped, as in fig. 9, Plate XVII. Flowers large, solitary, nodding. Sepals 6, persistent, with 3 bracts at base. Petals 6. Stamens indefinite, hypogynous. Anthers adnate, introrse. Style single. Stigma large, petaloid, persistent, coTering the 5- celled, 5-valved ovary. Placentae central. Seeds numerous, minute. A. email and very curious order, confined to the swamps

. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. ON PITCHER AND INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS. 629. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Drury, William D. , 1857-1928; Abbott, J. M. London, L. U. Gill; New York, C. Scribner's Sons Stock Photo

RMRDXFA6–. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. ON PITCHER AND INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS. 629. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Drury, William D. , 1857-1928; Abbott, J. M. London, L. U. Gill; New York, C. Scribner's Sons

. The natural history of plants, their forms, growth, reproduction, and distribution;. Botany. 132 PLANTS WITH TRAPS AND PITFALLS TO ENSNARE ANIMALS. glandular cells situated on the lining of the pitcher; and the whole process, wherein they are concerned, corresponds to that which obtains in the pitchers of Nepenthes, and which will he more thoroughly discussed in the case of these latter plants. The species of the genus Nepenthes, of which we know at the present time thirty-six, are all confined to the tropics. Their area of distribution extends from New Caledonia and New Guinea over tropical Stock Photo

RMRDNEPN–. The natural history of plants, their forms, growth, reproduction, and distribution;. Botany. 132 PLANTS WITH TRAPS AND PITFALLS TO ENSNARE ANIMALS. glandular cells situated on the lining of the pitcher; and the whole process, wherein they are concerned, corresponds to that which obtains in the pitchers of Nepenthes, and which will he more thoroughly discussed in the case of these latter plants. The species of the genus Nepenthes, of which we know at the present time thirty-six, are all confined to the tropics. Their area of distribution extends from New Caledonia and New Guinea over tropical

. Comparative anatomy of the vegetative organs of the phanerogams and ferns;. Plant anatomy; Ferns. VELAMEN. 227 lamina, and in the pitchers 2-3 layers of cells below the surface. They are never continuous with the vascular bundles. In the stem they are all arranged parallel to its axis; in the leaf, at least in the wall of the pitcher-shaped portion, they point irregularly in different directions. In the base of the leaf of the Isoeteae ^ are found series of short spiral tracheides, having the same form as those of the xylem in the stem of these plants : they occur in the dense mass of parenc Stock Photo

RMRE3CK3–. Comparative anatomy of the vegetative organs of the phanerogams and ferns;. Plant anatomy; Ferns. VELAMEN. 227 lamina, and in the pitchers 2-3 layers of cells below the surface. They are never continuous with the vascular bundles. In the stem they are all arranged parallel to its axis; in the leaf, at least in the wall of the pitcher-shaped portion, they point irregularly in different directions. In the base of the leaf of the Isoeteae ^ are found series of short spiral tracheides, having the same form as those of the xylem in the stem of these plants : they occur in the dense mass of parenc

RMRDG2X8–. The natural history of plants. Botany. 128 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. Bupleurum rotundifolium.. Fig. 132. Portion of inflorescence. Bupleurum plantaginifoUum, the two Americas. Hohenackeria, ordinarily placed near Bupleurum, consists of low annual.herbs from the Mediterranean and Caucasian regions, with simple linear and entire leaves, and capituliform inflorescences situated at the base of the stem. The fruit is in the form of a pitcher, sur- mounted by a receptacular neck which supports a calyx with simple or double spinescent sepals. The fruit as a whole is compressed perpendicular to the

. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. ON PITCHER AND INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS. 633 as soon as there are signs of its becoming dry, water should again be supplied. Rain-water is always desirable, as it encourages the moss to grow, while hard water has the opposite effect.. Fig. 409.—Cephalotus follicularis. The stock may be increased by divisions of the many little crowns that form on the surface of the potting compost. This should be done just as growth is about to commence in the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may Stock Photo

RMRDXF9T–. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. ON PITCHER AND INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS. 633 as soon as there are signs of its becoming dry, water should again be supplied. Rain-water is always desirable, as it encourages the moss to grow, while hard water has the opposite effect.. Fig. 409.—Cephalotus follicularis. The stock may be increased by divisions of the many little crowns that form on the surface of the potting compost. This should be done just as growth is about to commence in the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may

RMRDGPTK–. The natural history of plants. Botany. Fig. 132. Portion of inflorescence. Bupleurum plantaginifoUum, the two Americas. Hohenackeria, ordinarily placed near Bupleurum, consists of low annual.herbs from the Mediterranean and Caucasian regions, with simple linear and entire leaves, and capituliform inflorescences situated at the base of the stem. The fruit is in the form of a pitcher, sur- mounted by a receptacular neck which supports a calyx with simple or double spinescent sepals. The fruit as a whole is compressed perpendicular to the parti- tion and is surrounded by hard flattened primary

. The orchid-grower's manual, containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants in cultivation ... Orchids. 730 ORCHID-GEOWEK S MANUAL. view; there are, however, some few exceptions to this rule, of which the species here quoted are examples. They have free spreading sepals and petals, and a lip which is connate with the base of the column into a pitcher, and is produced into a longish spur, the middle lobe being flattened out, broadly two-lobed, and much longer than the sepals. Eight species are recorded from Brazil and Central America. Culture.—These plants •eh Stock Photo

RMRDTB2K–. The orchid-grower's manual, containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants in cultivation ... Orchids. 730 ORCHID-GEOWEK S MANUAL. view; there are, however, some few exceptions to this rule, of which the species here quoted are examples. They have free spreading sepals and petals, and a lip which is connate with the base of the column into a pitcher, and is produced into a longish spur, the middle lobe being flattened out, broadly two-lobed, and much longer than the sepals. Eight species are recorded from Brazil and Central America. Culture.—These plants •eh

RMRDEYE9–. Handbook of flower pollination : based upon Hermann Mu?ller's work 'The fertilisation of flowers by insects' . Fertilization of plants. 74 INTRODUCTION. inflorescence bears a number of pitcher-shaped nectaries, with their openings turned towards the flowers. The fluid contained in these receptacles is sought out by insects, which in their turn attract numerous insectivorous birds, many species of humming-bird being among them. These touch with their backs the pendulous anthers, brush off the pollen, and transfer it to the stigma when they visit another flower (cf. Fig. lo). Another interesti

RMRE2CJH–. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1616 SARRACENIA SASSAFRAS. p. 86 bis. Var. crispMa, Hort. ( S. cri^pata, Hort.). Dif- fers from the species " in the deeper wing to the pitcher, the strongly reflected margins of the sepals, the white petals, the blunter, less conical ovary and the shorter and blunter lobes to the disk of the style."

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