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... plant com- mon in the rivers of the south of France . The female , or seed - bearing parts , and the male , or pollen - bearing parts , grow on separate plants . The female Howers grow on spiral stems , so that if the stream in which ...
... plant com- mon in the rivers of the south of France . The female , or seed - bearing parts , and the male , or pollen - bearing parts , grow on separate plants . The female Howers grow on spiral stems , so that if the stream in which ...
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Plants , like animals , may be rendered unconscious by anæsthetics , intoxicated by narcotics , and killed by electricity . In- deed , although a nervous system proper has not been yet found as belonging to any distinctive vegetable ...
Plants , like animals , may be rendered unconscious by anæsthetics , intoxicated by narcotics , and killed by electricity . In- deed , although a nervous system proper has not been yet found as belonging to any distinctive vegetable ...
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... plants known as Sarracenia . There are only eight species , and they are all natives of the eastern states of North America . Like most of the carnivorous plants they affect bogs , and even land covered with shallow water . Their leaves ...
... plants known as Sarracenia . There are only eight species , and they are all natives of the eastern states of North America . Like most of the carnivorous plants they affect bogs , and even land covered with shallow water . Their leaves ...
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