The Sagacity & Morality of Plants: A Sketch of the Life & Conduct of the Vegetable KingdomChatto & Windus, 1891 - 311 pages |
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aborted abundant adapted adopted Alpine anemophilous animals ants Arctic Arum Arum maculatum attractive bear birds Bladderworts botanical botanist bracts branches British buds bulb Butterwort carbonic acid carpels cells cleistogamic climate climbing cluster colour common conspicuous contrivance Daisy developed devices Dodder Drosera evolved Ferns fertilised flies floral organs flowering plants fluid Fly-trap forest fruits genus geological Grant Allen Grasses green ground grow growth habit hairs herbaceous individual insects instance Lathyrus nissolia latter leaf leaf-buds leaf-stalks leaves living mammals Miocene Mistletoe Nepenthes Nettle Orchids order of plants organised parasites perhaps Period petals pistils pitcher poisonous pollen pollen-grains possess produced protect Ranunculacea Ranunculus remarkable roots Sarracenias secretion seeds seen self-fertilisation shape showing shrubs soil specialised species stamens stamens and pistils stem stomata structure succulent Sundew surface tannin tendrils thorns tion tissues trees tropical usually vegetable kingdom whilst wild wind-fertilised woody