Insectivorous Plants
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Sundew leaves, their sticky tentacles and the insects they catch take up the first twelve chapters of Charles Darwin's Insectivorous Plants. The common sun-dew, Drosera rotundifolia, is followed through the movement of its tentacles when touched, changes in the protoplasm of their cells, the effects of heat, salts and various fluids, and the digestive power of its secretion.
The later chapters turn to Dionaea muscipula, Aldrovanda, Drosophyllum, Pinguicula and Utricularia, the last given two chapters. The book appeared in 1875.
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- Author
- Charles Darwin
- Reading time
- About 11 hours
- Pages
- 285
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Biology
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