. A textbook of botany for colleges and universities ... Botany. LEAVES 619 secretion of enzyms and of the digestion of animal food. Bladders may assist in the flotation of the plant, though in such a role the eel-trap structures can have no significance; it may be noted that bladders occur, though less abundantly, in land species. Possibly the bladders have no role of importance. Insects are held by viscid secretions on the stems of Silene antirrhina (hence called catchfly), and are drowned in the water-containing leaf cups of Silphium perfoliatum and Dip- sacus sylvestris, but in none of the
. A textbook of botany for colleges and universities ... Botany. LEAVES 619 secretion of enzyms and of the digestion of animal food. Bladders may assist in the flotation of the plant, though in such a role the eel-trap structures can have no significance; it may be noted that bladders occur, though less abundantly, in land species. Possibly the bladders have no role of importance. Insects are held by viscid secretions on the stems of Silene antirrhina (hence called catchfly), and are drowned in the water-containing leaf cups of Silphium perfoliatum and Dip- sacus sylvestris, but in none of these cases is there evidence of enzym se- cretion or of food Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Coulter, John Merle, 1851-1928; Barnes, Charles Reid, 1858-1910, joint author; Cowles, Henry Chandler, 1869- joint author. New York, Cincinnati [etc] American book company
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