Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1892 — Other Carnivorous Plants. [ARTICLE]

Other Carnivorous Plants.

Among the other plants that catch and digest Insects Are the pitchei plants of the Sierra Nevadas, North Carolina, and Borneo. The bladdei wort also catches insects, as does th* sundew. The latter has long, sticks leaves, of a sweetish nature, which curl slowly around tho captive. li the tiy happens to light away from the center of the leaf, the tentacle it touches bends over towards th* center, where all tho tentacles grasj and hold it while a Sort of acid is poured over it, which dissolves tbe food part. One full meal win last the plant nearly a week, if the food is of the right kind. Dr. Darwin fed a-sundew on cheese,, but it soon became sickly arid died. . When milk was given, the tentacles bent over to absorb it, while the leaf itself be 1 came more cup-shaped, Venus’ flytrap is another example of carnivorous plants. lt