This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 Excerpt: ...bitter. It is a native of the hottest parts of America. Genus Dionea. Fig. 170. Venus' Fly. trap (Dionea muscipula), is a singular plant, having leaves which catch and retain flies, and other insects, and hence its trivial name. The plant consists of a single stalk, rising fin im the midst of radical leaves, about ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 Excerpt: ...bitter. It is a native of the hottest parts of America. Genus Dionea. Fig. 170. Venus' Fly. trap (Dionea muscipula), is a singular plant, having leaves which catch and retain flies, and other insects, and hence its trivial name. The plant consists of a single stalk, rising fin im the midst of radical leaves, about eight inches high, and terminated by a corymb of white flowers. The leaves have winged ictioles, like those of the Seville Orange. cThe extreme part of the leaf proper, which is nearly in the form of two oblong circles, is the part that operates as the trap. See the figure. These parts, or lobes, collapse, or fold themselves together, when they are irritated or touched. Hence, when an insect crawls between the lobes, it is entrapped, and detained. Linnaeus says, that when the insect ceases to struggle, the leaf opens and lets it escape. But Ellis says, the Why is Mahogany preferred to all other kinds of wood for cabinet furniture? How did the genus Quassia obtain its name? What is the peculiarity of the Dionea muscipula? leaf never opens so long as the insect remains there. A sweet liquor which the leaf secretes, tempts the insect to its destruction. This plant is a native of Carolina, and may be cultivated in the green houses of our climate. Genus Kalmia. Laurel. Calico bush. The generic name is in honor of Peter Kahn, professor at Abo, in Sweden, and author of Travels in North America. The species are well known and very beautiful evergreen shrubs, which, says Loudon, deserve a place in every American ground. The common Laurel (Kalmia latifolin), called also Ivy, is a native of most parts of New England, though found only in particular places, chiefly among rocks, and on barren soils. It grows eight or ten feet high; leaves ovate elliptical, and...
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