Insectivorous Plants
Charles Darwin
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INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS
By Charles Darwin
CONTENTS
DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS.
INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS.
CHAPTER I. DROSERA ROTUNDIFOLIA, OR THE COMMON SUN-DEW.
CHAPTER II. THE MOVEMENTS OF THE TENTACLES FROM THE CONTACT OF SOLID BODIES.
CHAPTER III. AGGREGATION OF THE PROTOPLASM WITHIN THE CELLS OF THE TENTACLES.
CHAPTER IV. THE EFFECTS OF HEAT ON THE LEAVES.
CHAPTER V. THE EFFECTS OF NON-NITROGENOUS AND NITROGENOUS ORGANIC FLUIDS ON THE LEAVES.
CHAPTER VI. THE DIGESTIVE POWER OF THE SECRETION OF DROSERA.
CHAPTER VII. THE EFFECTS OF SALTS OF AMMONIA.
CHAPTER VIII. THE EFFECTS OF VARIOUS OTHER SALTS AND ACIDS ON THE LEAVES.
CHAPTER IX. THE EFFECTS OF CERTAIN ALKALOID POISONS, OTHER SUBSTANCES AND VAPOURS.
CHAPTER X. ON THE SENSITIVENESS OF THE LEAVES, AND ON THE LINES OF TRANSMISSION OF THE
MOTOR IMPULSE.
CHAPTER XI. RECAPITULATION OF THE CHIEF OBSERVATIONS ON DROSERA ROTUNDIFOLIA.
CHAPTER XII. ON THE STRUCTURE AND MOVEMENTS OF SOME OTHER SPECIES OF DROSERA.
CHAPTER XIII. DIONAEA MUSCIPULA.
CHAPTER XIV. ALDROVANDA VESICULOSA.
CHAPTER XV. DROSOPHYLLUM RORIDULA BYBLIS GLANDULAR HAIRS OF OTHER PLANTS CONCLUDING
REMARKS ON THE DROSERACE .
CHAPTER XVI. PINGUICULA.
CHAPTER XVII. UTRICULARIA.
CHAPTER XVIII. UTRICULARIA (continued).
CONCLUSION.
INDEX.
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