Insectivorous Plants — Page 1
INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS
INSEKTENFRESSENDE PFLANZEN
By Charles Darwin
Von Charles Darwin
CONTENTS
INHALT
DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS.
AUSFÜHRLICHES INHALTSVERZEICHNIS.
INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS.
INSEKTENFRESSENDE PFLANZEN.
CHAPTER I. DROSERA ROTUNDIFOLIA, OR THE COMMON SUN-DEW.
KAPITEL I. DROSERA ROTUNDIFOLIA ODER DER GEMEINE SONNENTAU.
CHAPTER II. THE MOVEMENTS OF THE TENTACLES FROM THE CONTACT OF SOLID BODIES.
KAPITEL II. DIE BEWEGUNGEN DER TENTAKEL BEIM KONTAKT MIT FESTEN KÖRPERN.
CHAPTER III. AGGREGATION OF THE PROTOPLASM WITHIN THE CELLS OF THE TENTACLES.
KAPITEL III. AGGREGATION DES PROTOPLASMAS IN DEN ZELLEN DER TENTAKEL.
CHAPTER IV. THE EFFECTS OF HEAT ON THE LEAVES.
KAPITEL IV. DIE AUSWIRKUNGEN VON WÄRME AUF DIE BLÄTTER.
CHAPTER V. THE EFFECTS OF NON-NITROGENOUS AND NITROGENOUS ORGANIC FLUIDS ON THE LEAVES.
KAPITEL V. DIE AUSWIRKUNGEN VON NICHT-STICKSTOFFHALTIGEN UND STICKSTOFFHALTIGEN ORGANISCHEN FLÜSSIGKEITEN AUF DIE BLÄTTER.
CHAPTER VI. THE DIGESTIVE POWER OF THE SECRETION OF DROSERA.
KAPITEL VI. DIE VERDAUUNGSKRAFT DES SEKRETS DER DROSERA.
CHAPTER VII. THE EFFECTS OF SALTS OF AMMONIA.
KAPITEL VII. DIE AUSWIRKUNGEN VON AMMONIUMSALZEN.
CHAPTER VIII. THE EFFECTS OF VARIOUS OTHER SALTS AND ACIDS ON THE LEAVES.
KAPITEL VIII. DIE AUSWIRKUNGEN VERSCHIEDENER ANDERER SALZE UND SÄUREN AUF DIE BLÄTTER.
CHAPTER IX. THE EFFECTS OF CERTAIN ALKALOID POISONS, OTHER SUBSTANCES AND VAPOURS.
KAPITEL IX. DIE AUSWIRKUNGEN BESTIMMTER ALKALOIDGIFTE, ANDERER SUBSTANZEN UND DÄMPFE.
CHAPTER X. ON THE SENSITIVENESS OF THE LEAVES, AND ON THE LINES OF TRANSMISSION OF THE MOTOR IMPULSE.
KAPITEL X. ÜBER DIE EMPFINDLICHKEIT DER BLÄTTER UND DIE ÜBERTRAGUNGSWEGE DES MOTORISCHEN IMPULSES.
CHAPTER XI. RECAPITULATION OF THE CHIEF OBSERVATIONS ON DROSERA ROTUNDIFOLIA.
KAPITEL XI. ZUSAMMENFASSUNG DER WICHTIGSTEN BEOBACHTUNGEN AN DROSERA ROTUNDIFOLIA.
CHAPTER XII. ON THE STRUCTURE AND MOVEMENTS OF SOME OTHER SPECIES OF DROSERA.
KAPITEL XII. ÜBER DEN BAU UND DIE BEWEGUNGEN EINIGER ANDERER DROSERA-ARTEN.
CHAPTER XIII. DIONAEA MUSCIPULA.
KAPITEL XIII. DIONAEA MUSCIPULA.
CHAPTER XIV. ALDROVANDA VESICULOSA.
KAPITEL XIV. ALDROVANDA VESICULOSA.
CHAPTER XV. DROSOPHYLLUM—RORIDULA—BYBLIS—GLANDULAR HAIRS OF OTHER PLANTS—CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE DROSERACEÆ.
KAPITEL XV. DROSOPHYLLUM—RORIDULA—BYBLIS—DRÜSENHAARE ANDERER PFLANZEN—ABSCHLIESSENDE BEMERKUNGEN ÜBER DIE DROSERACEAE.
CHAPTER XVI. PINGUICULA.
KAPITEL XVI. PINGUICULA.
CHAPTER XVII. UTRICULARIA.
KAPITEL XVII. UTRICULARIA.
CHAPTER XVIII. UTRICULARIA (continued).
KAPITEL XVIII. UTRICULARIA (Fortsetzung).
CONCLUSION.
SCHLUSS.
INDEX.
REGISTER.
DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS.
AUSFÜHRLICHES INHALTSVERZEICHNIS.
Vocabulary
- INSEKTENFRESSENDE
- Insect-eating; describing plants that consume insects
- PFLANZEN
- Plants; living organisms that photosynthesize
- Von
- By or from; preposition indicating authorship or origin
- INHALT
- Contents or content; what is included inside something
- AUSFÜHRLICHES
- Detailed or comprehensive; thorough in scope
- INHALTSVERZEICHNIS
- Table of contents; list of chapters in a book
- KAPITEL
- Chapter; a major division of a book
- ODER
- Or; conjunction presenting an alternative option
- DER
- The; definite article for masculine or genitive nouns
- GEMEINE
- Common; ordinary or widespread in nature
- SONNENTAU
- Sundew; carnivorous plant with sticky glandular hairs
- DIE
- The; definite article for feminine or plural nouns
- BEWEGUNGEN
- Movements; physical motions or acts of moving
- TENTAKEL
- Tentacles; flexible appendages used for grasping or sensing
- BEIM
- Upon or during; contraction of bei dem
- KONTAKT
- Contact; physical touching or interaction between objects
- MIT
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- FESTEN
- Solid or firm; describing objects with rigid physical form
- KÖRPERN
- Bodies or objects; physical material entities
- AGGREGATION
- Aggregation; clustering or gathering of particles together
- DES
- Of the; genitive definite article for masculine or neuter
- IN
- In or into; preposition indicating location or direction
- DEN
- The; definite article in dative plural or accusative masculine
- ZELLEN
- Cells; basic structural units of living organisms
- AUSWIRKUNGEN
- Effects or impacts; consequences resulting from something
- VON
- Of or from; preposition indicating origin or cause
- WÄRME
- Heat or warmth; thermal energy or elevated temperature
- AUF
- On or upon; preposition indicating surface or effect
- BLÄTTER
- Leaves; flat green parts of a plant
- NICHT
- Not; negation particle in German sentences
- STICKSTOFFHALTIGEN
- Nitrogenous; containing or composed of nitrogen
- UND
- And; coordinating conjunction linking words or clauses
- ORGANISCHEN
- Organic; relating to carbon-based or living-derived substances
- FLÜSSIGKEITEN
- Liquids or fluids; substances that flow freely
- VERDAUUNGSKRAFT
- Digestive power; ability to break down food substances
- SEKRETS
- Secretion; fluid produced and released by glands
- VERSCHIEDENER
- Various or different; of several differing kinds
- ANDERER
- Other; belonging to a different category or group
- SALZE
- Salts; ionic chemical compounds formed from acids and bases
- SÄUREN
- Acids; corrosive substances with low pH values
- BESTIMMTER
- Certain or specific; of a particular defined kind
- SUBSTANZEN
- Substances; materials or compounds with distinct properties
- DÄMPFE
- Vapors or fumes; gaseous forms of substances
- ÜBER
- About or over; preposition indicating topic or position
- EMPFINDLICHKEIT
- Sensitivity; degree of responsiveness to stimuli
- ÜBERTRAGUNGSWEGE
- Transmission pathways; routes through which signals travel
- MOTORISCHEN
- Motor; relating to movement or muscular activity
- IMPULSES
- Impulse; a signal or stimulus triggering a response
- ZUSAMMENFASSUNG
- Summary; a brief recounting of main points
- WICHTIGSTEN
- Most important; superlative form of wichtig
- BEOBACHTUNGEN
- Observations; recorded results of watching or studying something
- AN
- At or on; preposition indicating position or reference
- BAU
- Structure or construction; the way something is built
- EINIGER
- Some or several; referring to a few of something
- ARTEN
- Species or types; distinct kinds of organisms
- DRÜSENHAARE
- Glandular hairs; hair-like secreting structures on plants
- ABSCHLIESSENDE
- Concluding or closing; final remarks wrapping up discussion
- BEMERKUNGEN
- Remarks or comments; observations or notes made about something
- Fortsetzung
- Continuation; the carrying on of something already begun
- SCHLUSS
- Conclusion or end; the final part of something
- REGISTER
- Index; alphabetical list for locating content in a book
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