Insectivorous plants
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Insectivorous plants
(The works of Charles Darwin / edited by Paul H. Barrett & R.B. Freeman, v. 24)
W. Pickering, 1989
Available at 35 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The 24th volume in a 29-volume set which contain all Charles Darwin's published works. Darwin was one of the most influential figures of the 19th century. His work remains a central subject of study in the history of ideas, the history of science, zoology, botany, geology and evolution.
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I: Drosera rotundifolia, or the common sun-dew, CHAPTER II: The movements of the tentacles from the contact of solid bodies, CHAPTER III: Aggregation of the protoplasm within the cells of the tentacles, CHAPTER IV: The effects of heat on the leaves, CHAPTER V: The effects of non-nitrogenous and nitrogenous organic fluids on the leaves, CHAPTER VI: The digestive power of the secretion of drosera, CHAPTER VII: The effects of salts of ammonia, CHAPTER VIII: The effects of various other salts, and acids, on the leaves, CHAPTER IX: The effects of certain alkaloid poisons, other substances and vapours, CHAPTER X: On the sensitiveness of the leaves, and on the lines of transmission of the motor impulse, CHAPTER XI: Recapitulation of the chief observations on Drosera rotundifolia, CHAPTER XII: On the structure and movements of some other species of drosera, CHAPTER XIII: Dionaea muscipula, CHAPTER XIV: Aldrovanda vesiculosa, CHAPTER XV: Drosophyllum - Roridula - Byblis - Glandular hairs of other plants - Concluding remarks on the Drpseraceae, CHAPTER XVI: Pinguicula, CHAPTER XVII: Utricularia, CHAPTER XVIII: Utricularia - continued, Index
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