Insectivorous Plants

Insectivorous Plants

Charles Darwin, English naturalist and geologist (1809-1882)


This ebook presents «Insectivorous Plants», from Charles Darwin. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.


Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Drosera Rotundifolia Or The Common Sun Dew

- The Movements Of The Tentacles From The Contact Of Solid Bodies

- Aggregation Of The Protoplasm Within The Cells Of The Tentacles

- The Effects Of Heat On The Leaves

- The Effects Of Non-nitrogenous And Nitrogenous Organic Fluids On The Leaves

- The Digestive Power Of The Secretion Of Drosera

- The Effects Of Salts Of Ammonia

- Nitrate Of Ammonia

- The Effects Of Various Other Salts And Acids On The Leaves

- The Effects Of Certain Alkaloid Poisons, Other Substances And Vapours

- Recapitulation Of The Chief Observations On Drosera Rotundifolia

- On The Structure And Movements Of Some Other Species Of Drosera

- Dionaea Muscipula

- Aldrovanda Vesiculosa

- Drosophyllum-roridula-byblis-glandular Hairs Of Other Plants- Concluding Remarks On The Droseraceae

- Drosophyllum Lusitanicum

- Roridula

- Byblis

- Concluding Remarks On The Droseraceae

- Pinguicula

- Pinguicula Vulgaris

- Pinguicula Grandiflora

- Pinguicula Lusitanica

- Utricularia

- Utricularia Vulgaris

- Utricularia Minor

- Utricularia Clandestina

- Utricularia (continued)

- Utricularia Montana

- Utricularia Nelumbifolia, Amethystina, Griffithii, Caerulea, Orbiculata, Multicaulis

- Polypompholyx

- Genlisea

- Conclusion