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Insectivorous Plants by Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
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A word from our supporters: File extension RES | Aldrovanda vesiculosa, 321 --, absorption and digestion by, 325 --, varieties of, 329 Algae, aggregation in fronds of, 65 Alkalies, arrest digestive process in Drosera, 94 Aluminium, salts of, action on Drosera, 184 Ammonia, amount of, in rain water, 172 --, carbonate, action on heated leaves of Drosera, 69 --, --, smallness of doses causing aggregation in Drosera, 145 --, --, its action on Drosera, 141 --, --, vapour of, absorbed by glands of Drosera, 142 --, --, smallness of doses causing inflection in Drosera, 145, 168 --, phosphate, smallness of doses causing inflection in Drosera, 153, 168 --, --, size of particles affecting Drosera, 173 --, nitrate, smallness of doses causing inflection in Drosera, 148, 168 --, salts of, action on Drosera, 136 [page 456] AMMONIA--CURTIS.Ammonia, salts of, their action affected by previous immersion in water and various solutions, 213 --, --, induce aggregation in Drosera, 43 --, various salts of, causing inflection in Drosera, 166 Antimony, tartrate, action on Drosera, 185 Areolar tissue, its digestion by Drosera, 102 Arsenious acid, action on Drosera, 185 Atropine, action on Drosera, 204 B.Barium, salts of, action on Drosera, 183 Bases of salts, preponderant action of, on Drosera, 186 Basis, fibrous, of bone, its digestion by Drosera, 108 Belladonna, extract of, action on Drosera, 84 Bennett, Mr. A.W., on Drosera, 2 --, coats of pollen-grains not digested by insects, 117 Binz, on action of quinine on white blood-corpuscles, 201 --, on poisonous action of quinine on low organisms, 202 Bone, its digestion by Drosera, 105 Brunton, Lauder, on digestion of gelatine, 111 --, on the composition of casein, 115 --, on the digestion of urea, 124 --, -- of chlorophyll, 126 --, -- of pepsin, 124 Byblis, 343 C.Cabbage, decoction of, action on Drosera, 83 Cadmium chloride, action on Drosera, 183 Caesium, chloride of, action on Drosera, 181 Calcium, salts of, action on Drosera, 182 Camphor, action on Drosera, 209 Canby, Dr., on Dionaea, 301, 310, 313 --, on Drosera filiformis, 281 Caraway, oil of, action on Drosera, 211 Carbonic acid, action on Drosera, 221 --, delays aggregation in Drosera, 59 Cartilage, its digestion by Drosera, 103 Casein, its digestion by Drosera, 114 Cellulose, not digested by Drosera, 125 Chalk, precipitated, causing inflection of Drosera, 32 Cheese, its digestion by Drosera, 116 Chitine, not digested by Drosera, 124 Chloroform, effects of, on Drosera, 217 --, --, on Dionaea, 304 Chlorophyll, grains of, in living plants, digested by Drosera, 126 --, pure, not digested by Drosera, 125 Chondrin, its digestion by Drosera, 112 Chromic acid, action on Drosera, 185 Cloves, oil of, action on Drosera, 212 Cobalt chloride, action on Drosera, 186 Cobra poison, action on Drosera, 206 Cohn, Prof., on Aldrovanda, 321 --, on contractile tissues in plants, 364 --, on movements of stamens of Compositae, 256 --, on Utricularia, 395 Colchicine, action on Drosera, 204 Copper chloride, action on Drosera, 185 Crystallin, its digestion by Drosera, 120 Curare, action on Drosera, 204 Curtis, Dr., on Dionaea, 301 [page 457] DARWIN--FIBROUS.D.Darwin, Francis, on the effect of an induced galvanic current on Drosera, 37 --, on the digestion of grains of chlorophyll, 126 --, on Utricularia, 442 Delpino, on Aldrovanda, 321 --, on Utricularia, 395 Dentine, its digestion by Drosera, 106 Digestion of various substances by Dionaea, 301 -- -- by Drosera, 85 -- -- by Drosophyllum, 339 -- -- by Pinguicula, 381 --, origin of power of, 361 Digitaline, action on Drosera, 203 |