Insectivorous Plants

Contents: 1. Drosera rotundifolia, or the common sundew. 2. The movements of the tentacles from the contact of solid bodies. 3. Aggregation of the protoplasm within the cells of the tentacles. 4. The effects of heat on the leaves. 5. The effects of non-nitrogenous and nitrogenous organic fluids on the leaves. 6. The digestive power of the secretion of drosera. 7. The effects of salts of ammonia. 8. The effects of various other salts, and acids, on the leaves. 9. The effects of certain alkaloid poisons, other substances and vapours. 10. On the sensitiveness of the leaves, and on the lines of transmission of the motor impulse. 11. Recapitulation of the chief observations on drosera rotundifolia. 12. On the structure and movements of some other species of drosera. 13. Dionaea muscipula. 14. Aldrovanda vesiculosa. 15. Drosophyllum-roridula--Byblis--glandular hairs of other plants--concluding remarks on the droseraceae. 16. Pinguicula. 17. Utricularia. 18. Utricularia (contd.)