 | Sir Joseph Paxton - Botany - 1837 - 394 pages
...attempts to escape. The fringe, or hairs, of the opposite sides of the leaf interlace like the fingers of the two hands clasped together. " The sensitiveness...as fear or joy could hasten them. At other times I hare found them enveloped in a fluid of mucilaginous consistence, which seems to act as a solvent,... | |
 | Sir William Jackson Hooker - Botany - 1836 - 440 pages
...crushed and suddenly destroyed, as is sometimes supposed, for I have often liberated captive flics and spiders, which sped away as fast as fear or joy...other times, I have found them enveloped in a fluid of mucilaginous consistence, which seems to act as a solvent, the insects being more or less consumed... | |
 | Edmund Ruffin - 1840 - 790 pages
...effects. The little prisoner is not crushed and suddenly destroyed, as is sometimes supposed, for I have liberated captive flies and spiders, which sped away as fast as fear or joy could hasten them. Atoiher times I have ibund I hem enveloped in a fluid of a mucilaginous consistence, which seems to... | |
 | American periodicals - 1874 - 898 pages
...efforts to escape. The fringe of hairs on the opposite sides of a leaf interlace, like the fingers of two hands clasped together. The sensitiveness resides...spiders, which sped away as fast as fear or joy could carry them. At other times, I have found them enveloped in a fluid of a mucilaginous consistence, which... | |
 | Asa Gray - Botany - 1848 - 466 pages
...efforts to escape. The fringe or hairs of the opposite sides of the leaf interlace, like the fingers of the two hands clasped together. The sensitiveness...other times I have found them enveloped in a fluid of a mucilaginous consistence, which seems to act as a solvent, the insects being ¡луч or less consumed... | |
 | Asa Gray - 1849 - 446 pages
...efforts to escape. The fringe or hairs of the opposite sides of the leaf interlace, like the fingers of the two hands clasped together. The sensitiveness...other times I have found them enveloped in a fluid of a mucilaginous consistence, which seems to act as a solvent, the insects being more or less consumed... | |
 | Sir Joseph Paxton - Botany - 1837 - 474 pages
...attempts to escape. The fringe, or hairs, of the opposite sides of the leaf interlace like the fingers of the two hands clasped together. " The sensitiveness...other times I have found them enveloped in a fluid of mucilaginous consistence, which seems to act as a solvent, the insects being more or less consumed... | |
 | Margaret Gatty, Mrs. Alfred Gatty - Ireland - 1862 - 308 pages
...interlace, like the fingers of the two hands clasped together. The sensitiveness resides only in the hair-like processes on the inside, as the leaf may...could hasten them. At other times I have found them imbedded in a fluid of a mucilaginous consistence, which seems to act as a solvent, the insects being... | |
 | Charles Knight - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1866 - 588 pages
...hair-like processes on the inside, as the leaf may be touched or pressed in any NAT. HIST, DIV. VOL. II. other part without sensible effects. The little prisoner...other times I have found them enveloped in a fluid of mucilaginous consistence, which seems to act as a solvent, the insects being more or less consumed... | |
 | Charles Knight - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1867 - 630 pages
...hair-like processes on the inside, as the leaf may be touched or pressed in any HAT. HIST. DIV. VOL. n. other part without sensible effects. The little prisoner...other times I have found them enveloped in a fluid of mucilaginous consistence, which seems to act as a solvent, the insects being more or less consumed... | |
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... other part, without sensible effects. The little prisoner is not crushed and suddenly destroyed, as is sometimes supposed, for I have often liberated captive flies and spiders, which sped away as fast as fear or joy could hasten them. 
