Insectivorous Plants — Page 1
DIONAEA MUSCIPULA.
DIONAEA MUSCIPULA.
Structure of the leaves—Sensitiveness of the filaments—Rapid movement of the lobes caused by irritation of the filaments—Glands, their power of secretion—Slow movement caused by the absorption of animal matter—Evidence of absorption from the aggregated condition of the glands—Digestive power of the secretion—Action of chloroform, ether, and hydrocyanic acid—The manner in which insects are captured—Use of the marginal spikes—Kinds of insects captured—The transmission of the motor impulse and mechanism of the movements— Re-expansion of the lobes.
Structure des feuilles — Sensibilité des filaments — Mouvement rapide des lobes provoqué par l'irritation des filaments — Glandes, leur pouvoir de sécrétion — Mouvement lent causé par l'absorption de matière animale — Preuve de l'absorption d'après l'état agrégé des glandes — Pouvoir digestif de la sécrétion — Action du chloroforme, de l'éther et de l'acide cyanhydrique — La manière dont les insectes sont capturés — Utilité des pointes marginales — Types d'insectes capturés — La transmission de l'impulsion motrice et le mécanisme des mouvements — Ré-expansion des lobes.
Vocabulary
- Structure
- The arrangement or organization of parts
- des
- Contraction of de and les, meaning of the
- feuilles
- Leaves of a plant
- Sensibilité
- Sensitivity or ability to respond to stimuli
- filaments
- Thin thread-like structures or fibers
- Mouvement
- Movement or motion of a body or part
- rapide
- Fast, quick, or swift in speed
- lobes
- Rounded projecting parts of a leaf or organ
- provoqué
- Caused or triggered by something external
- par
- By or through, a preposition
- l'
- Contracted definite article the before vowel
- irritation
- Stimulation causing a physical response or reaction
- Glandes
- Glands, organs that secrete substances
- leur
- Their or to them, a possessive pronoun
- pouvoir
- Power, ability, or capacity to do something
- de
- Of or from, a common preposition
- sécrétion
- The process of producing and releasing a substance
- lent
- Slow, not fast in pace or speed
- causé
- Caused or brought about by something
- absorption
- The process of taking in or absorbing a substance
- matière
- Matter, material, or substance of any kind
- animale
- Animal, relating to or derived from animals
- Preuve
- Proof or evidence supporting a claim
- d'
- Contracted form of de meaning of or from
- après
- After, following in time or order
- état
- State or condition of something
- agrégé
- Aggregated or clumped together in a mass
- glandes
- Glands, organs producing and secreting substances
- Pouvoir
- Power or ability to perform an action
- digestif
- Digestive, relating to the process of digestion
- la
- The, definite article for feminine nouns
- Action
- Action or effect produced by something
- du
- Contraction of de and le, meaning of the
- et
- And, a coordinating conjunction
- acide
- Acid, a corrosive or sour chemical substance
- La
- The, definite article for feminine singular nouns
- manière
- Manner or way in which something is done
- dont
- Whose or of which, a relative pronoun
- les
- The, plural definite article for all genders
- insectes
- Insects, small six-legged arthropod animals
- sont
- Are, third person plural of être
- capturés
- Captured or caught, past participle of capturer
- Utilité
- Usefulness or utility of something
- pointes
- Points or tips, sharp projecting ends
- marginales
- Marginal, located at or near the edge
- Types
- Types or kinds of a category
- transmission
- Transmission or passing of something from one place
- impulsion
- Impulse or sudden driving force or signal
- motrice
- Motor or motive, relating to movement or motion
- le
- The, definite article for masculine singular nouns
- mécanisme
- Mechanism or system of interacting parts
- mouvements
- Movements or motions of bodies or parts
- Ré-expansion
- Re-expansion, the process of expanding again
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