Insectivorous Plants — Page 1
INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS
PIANTE INSETTIVORE
By Charles Darwin
Di Charles Darwin
CONTENTS
INDICE
DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS.
INDICE DETTAGLIATO DEI CONTENUTI.
INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS.
PIANTE INSETTIVORE.
CHAPTER I. DROSERA ROTUNDIFOLIA, OR THE COMMON SUN-DEW.
CAPITOLO I. DROSERA ROTUNDIFOLIA, O LA COMUNE ROSOLIDA.
CHAPTER II. THE MOVEMENTS OF THE TENTACLES FROM THE CONTACT OF SOLID BODIES.
CAPITOLO II. I MOVIMENTI DEI TENTACOLI IN SEGUITO AL CONTATTO CON CORPI SOLIDI.
CHAPTER III. AGGREGATION OF THE PROTOPLASM WITHIN THE CELLS OF THE TENTACLES.
CAPITOLO III. AGGREGAZIONE DEL PROTOPLASMA ALL'INTERNO DELLE CELLULE DEI TENTACOLI.
CHAPTER IV. THE EFFECTS OF HEAT ON THE LEAVES.
CAPITOLO IV. GLI EFFETTI DEL CALORE SULLE FOGLIE.
CHAPTER V. THE EFFECTS OF NON-NITROGENOUS AND NITROGENOUS ORGANIC FLUIDS ON THE LEAVES.
CAPITOLO V. GLI EFFETTI DEI FLUIDI ORGANICI NON AZOTATI E AZOTATI SULLE FOGLIE.
CHAPTER VI. THE DIGESTIVE POWER OF THE SECRETION OF DROSERA.
CAPITOLO VI. IL POTERE DIGESTIVO DELLA SECREZIONE DELLA DROSERA.
CHAPTER VII. THE EFFECTS OF SALTS OF AMMONIA.
CAPITOLO VII. GLI EFFETTI DEI SALI DI AMMONIACA.
CHAPTER VIII. THE EFFECTS OF VARIOUS OTHER SALTS AND ACIDS ON THE LEAVES.
CAPITOLO VIII. GLI EFFETTI DI VARI ALTRI SALI E ACIDI SULLE FOGLIE.
CHAPTER IX. THE EFFECTS OF CERTAIN ALKALOID POISONS, OTHER SUBSTANCES AND VAPOURS.
CAPITOLO IX. GLI EFFETTI DI CERTI VELENI ALCALOIDI, ALTRE SOSTANZE E VAPORI.
CHAPTER X. ON THE SENSITIVENESS OF THE LEAVES, AND ON THE LINES OF TRANSMISSION OF THE MOTOR IMPULSE.
CAPITOLO X. SULLA SENSIBILITÀ DELLE FOGLIE E SULLE LINEE DI TRASMISSIONE DELL'IMPULSO MOTORE.
CHAPTER XI. RECAPITULATION OF THE CHIEF OBSERVATIONS ON DROSERA ROTUNDIFOLIA.
CAPITOLO XI. RICAPITOLAZIONE DELLE PRINCIPALI OSSERVAZIONI SULLA DROSERA ROTUNDIFOLIA.
CHAPTER XII. ON THE STRUCTURE AND MOVEMENTS OF SOME OTHER SPECIES OF DROSERA.
CAPITOLO XII. SULLA STRUTTURA E I MOVIMENTI DI ALCUNE ALTRE SPECIE DI DROSERA.
CHAPTER XIII. DIONAEA MUSCIPULA.
CAPITOLO XIII. DIONAEA MUSCIPULA.
CHAPTER XIV. ALDROVANDA VESICULOSA.
CAPITOLO XIV. ALDROVANDA VESICULOSA.
CHAPTER XV. DROSOPHYLLUM—RORIDULA—BYBLIS—GLANDULAR HAIRS OF OTHER PLANTS—CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE DROSERACEÆ.
CAPITOLO XV. DROSOPHYLLUM—RORIDULA—BYBLIS—PELI GHIANDOLARI DI ALTRE PIANTE—OSSERVAZIONI CONCLUSIVE SULLE DROSERACEE.
CHAPTER XVI. PINGUICULA.
CAPITOLO XVI. PINGUICULA.
CHAPTER XVII. UTRICULARIA.
CAPITOLO XVII. UTRICULARIA.
CHAPTER XVIII. UTRICULARIA (continued).
CAPITOLO XVIII. UTRICULARIA (seguito).
CONCLUSION.
CONCLUSIONE.
INDEX.
INDICE ANALITICO.
DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS.
INDICE DETTAGLIATO DEI CONTENUTI.
Vocabulary
- PIANTE
- PYAN-teh — Plants; living organisms that photosynthesize
- INSETTIVORE
- in-set-TI-vo-reh — Insectivorous; feeding on insects
- Di
- dee — Of, by; preposition indicating possession or authorship
- INDICE
- IN-di-cheh — Index or table of contents in a book
- DETTAGLIATO
- det-ta-LYA-to — Detailed; containing many specific particulars
- DEI
- day — Of the; masculine plural definite article contraction
- CONTENUTI
- kon-teh-NOO-ti — Contents; material included within a publication
- CAPITOLO
- ka-PI-to-lo — Chapter; a major division of a book
- I
- ee — The; masculine plural definite article
- O
- oh — Or; conjunction indicating an alternative choice
- LA
- lah — The; feminine singular definite article
- COMUNE
- ko-MOO-neh — Common; widespread or frequently encountered
- MOVIMENTI
- mo-vi-MEN-ti — Movements; physical motions or actions
- TENTACOLI
- ten-TA-ko-li — Tentacles; elongated flexible appendages on plants or animals
- IN
- in — In; preposition indicating location or condition
- SEGUITO
- SEH-gwi-to — Following; after or as a consequence of
- AL
- al — To the; masculine singular preposition-article contraction
- CONTATTO
- kon-TAT-to — Contact; physical touch between two objects
- CON
- kon — With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- CORPI
- KOR-pi — Bodies; physical solid objects or masses
- SOLIDI
- SO-li-di — Solid; firm objects in a physical state
- AGGREGAZIONE
- ag-gre-ga-TSYO-neh — Aggregation; clustering or grouping of particles together
- DEL
- del — Of the; masculine singular preposition-article contraction
- ALL'
- al — At the; contraction of preposition and article
- INTERNO
- in-TER-no — Interior; the inside part of something
- DELLE
- DEL-leh — Of the; feminine plural preposition-article contraction
- CELLULE
- CHEL-lu-leh — Cells; basic structural units of living organisms
- GLI
- lyee — The; masculine plural definite article before vowels
- EFFETTI
- ef-FET-ti — Effects; results produced by a cause
- CALORE
- ka-LO-reh — Heat; thermal energy transferred between objects
- SULLE
- SUL-leh — On the; feminine plural preposition-article contraction
- FOGLIE
- FO-lyeh — Leaves; flat green parts of a plant
- FLUIDI
- FLWEE-di — Fluids; substances that flow like liquids or gases
- ORGANICI
- or-GA-ni-chi — Organic; relating to living organisms or carbon compounds
- NON
- non — Not; negation particle in Italian
- E
- eh — And; conjunction linking words or clauses
- IL
- il — The; masculine singular definite article
- POTERE
- po-TEH-reh — Power or ability; capacity to do something
- DIGESTIVO
- di-jes-TI-vo — Digestive; relating to the process of digestion
- DELLA
- DEL-la — Of the; feminine singular preposition-article contraction
- SECREZIONE
- se-kreh-TSYO-neh — Secretion; fluid substance produced and released by cells
- SALI
- SA-li — Salts; chemical compounds formed from acids and bases
- DI
- dee — Of; preposition indicating composition or relation
- AMMONIACA
- am-mo-NYA-ka — Ammonia; pungent nitrogen-hydrogen chemical compound
- VARI
- VA-ri — Various; several different kinds or types
- ALTRI
- AL-tri — Other; additional ones of a different kind
- ACIDI
- A-chi-di — Acids; corrosive substances with low pH value
- CERTI
- CHER-ti — Certain; particular or specific ones
- VELENI
- ve-LEH-ni — Poisons; toxic substances harmful to living organisms
- ALTRE
- AL-treh — Other; additional feminine plural things
- SOSTANZE
- so-STAN-tseh — Substances; types of matter with distinct properties
- VAPORI
- va-PO-ri — Vapors; gaseous forms of substances at low temperature
- SULLA
- SUL-la — On the; feminine singular preposition-article contraction
- SENSIBILITÀ
- sen-si-bi-li-TA — Sensitivity; capacity to respond to external stimuli
- LINEE
- LI-neh-eh — Lines; paths along which something travels or flows
- TRASMISSIONE
- traz-mis-SYO-neh — Transmission; passing or conveying something from one place
- DELL'
- del — Of the; contraction before vowel-starting nouns
- IMPULSO
- im-PUL-so — Impulse; sudden force or signal transmitted through tissue
- MOTORE
- mo-TO-reh — Motor; relating to movement or causing motion
- RICAPITOLAZIONE
- ri-ka-pi-to-la-TSYO-neh — Recapitulation; summary restating the main points covered
- PRINCIPALI
- prin-chi-PA-li — Principal; most important or main
- OSSERVAZIONI
- os-ser-va-TSYO-ni — Observations; careful notes made from watching phenomena
- STRUTTURA
- strut-TOO-ra — Structure; the way something is built or organized
- ALCUNE
- al-KOO-neh — Some; a few feminine plural items
- SPECIE
- SPEH-cheh — Species; a biological classification of related organisms
- PELI
- PEH-li — Hairs; fine filaments on plant or animal surfaces
- GHIANDOLARI
- gyan-do-LA-ri — Glandular; relating to or bearing secreting glands
- CONCLUSIVE
- kon-klu-ZI-veh — Conclusive; relating to final remarks or conclusions
- seguito
- SEH-gwi-to — Continuation; what follows after a previous section
- CONCLUSIONE
- kon-klu-ZYO-neh — Conclusion; final section summarizing a work's findings
- ANALITICO
- a-na-LI-ti-ko — Analytical; relating to systematic detailed examination or indexing
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