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Insectivorous Plants Charles Darwin Public domain text from Project Gutenberg. 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. 1 DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. DROSERA ROTUNDIFOLIA, OR THE COMMON SUN-DEW. Number of insects captured Description of the leaves and their appendages or tentacles Preliminary sketch of the action of the various parts, and of the manner in which insects are captured Duration of the inflection of the tentacles Nature of the secretion Manner in which insects are carried to the centre of the leaf Evidence that the glands have the po…

CHAPTER XVIII. UTRICULARIA (continued). Page 1
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CHAPTER VI. Page 75
CHAPTER VIII. Page 155
CHAPTER IX. Page 179
CHAPTER X. Page 210
CHAPTER XII. Page 245
CHAPTER XIII. Page 253
CHAPTER XIV. Page 279
CHAPTER XV. Page 287
CHAPTER XVII. Page 340
CHAPTER XVIII. Page 367

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