Insectivorous Plants — Page 1
DROSERA ROTUNDIFOLIA, OR THE COMMON SUN-DEW.
DROSERA ROTUNDIFOLIA ODER DER GEMEINE SONNENTAU.
Number of insects captured—Description of the leaves and their appendages or tentacles— Preliminary sketch of the action of the various parts, and of the manner in which insects are captured—Duration of the inflection of the tentacles—Nature of the secretion—Manner in which insects are carried to the centre of the leaf—Evidence that the glands have the power of absorption—Small size of the roots.
Anzahl der gefangenen Insekten – Beschreibung der Blätter und ihrer Anhängsel oder Tentakel – Vorläufige Skizze der Wirkung der verschiedenen Teile und der Art und Weise, wie Insekten gefangen werden – Dauer der Einwärtskrümmung der Tentakel – Beschaffenheit des Sekrets – Art und Weise, wie Insekten zur Mitte des Blattes befördert werden – Nachweis, dass die Drüsen die Fähigkeit zur Absorption besitzen – Geringe Größe der Wurzeln.
Vocabulary
- ODER
- Conjunction meaning 'or'
- DER
- Definite article for masculine or genitive nouns
- GEMEINE
- Common, ordinary; used in species names
- Anzahl
- Number or quantity of something counted
- der
- Definite article or relative pronoun in German
- gefangenen
- Captured, caught; past participle of fangen
- Insekten
- Insects, small six-legged arthropod animals
- Beschreibung
- Description, written or verbal account of something
- Blätter
- Leaves of a plant; plural of Blatt
- und
- Conjunction meaning 'and'
- ihrer
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'their' or 'her'
- Anhängsel
- Appendages, attached projecting parts of a structure
- oder
- Conjunction meaning 'or'
- Tentakel
- Tentacles, slender flexible grasping appendages
- Vorläufige
- Preliminary, provisional, not yet final
- Skizze
- Sketch, rough outline or preliminary drawing
- Wirkung
- Effect, impact, or result of an action
- verschiedenen
- Various, different, several distinct things
- Teile
- Parts, sections, or components of a whole
- Art
- Kind, type, species, or manner of something
- Weise
- Way, manner, or method of doing something
- wie
- How, as, or like; used in comparisons
- gefangen
- Caught, trapped; past participle of fangen
- werden
- To become; auxiliary for passive voice constructions
- Dauer
- Duration, length of time something lasts
- Beschaffenheit
- Nature, quality, or condition of something
- des
- Genitive definite article meaning 'of the'
- zur
- Contraction of 'zu der', meaning 'to the'
- Mitte
- Middle, center of a space or object
- Blattes
- Genitive form of Blatt, meaning 'of the leaf'
- befördert
- Transported, conveyed, or promoted to somewhere
- Nachweis
- Proof, evidence, or demonstration of something
- dass
- Conjunction meaning 'that', introduces subordinate clause
- die
- Definite article for feminine or plural nouns
- Fähigkeit
- Ability, capability, or skill to do something
- Absorption
- Absorption, uptake of substances into a body
- besitzen
- To possess, own, or have a quality
- Geringe
- Small, slight, minor, or low in degree
- Größe
- Size, magnitude, or greatness of something
- Wurzeln
- Roots of a plant; plural of Wurzel
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